The Sentimental in Chinese Cinema

ISBN-13: 9783030883294 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 228 str.

Hui Miao

Spis treści

1. Introduction.

PART 1

2. The Power of Home: Shadow Magic and the Visibility of the Sentimental

3. Two Cities and the Same Sentimental: Perpetuation of the Sentimental through Films

4. Death and the Road Home: the Sentimental as an Enduring Theme

PART 2

5. Searching for an Alternative Intimacy in Nostalgia: The Sentimental in In the Heat of the Sun

6. The Intimate Spaces in a Transforming World

7. Carnivalisation of Language: The Rhetorical Strategy of The Dream Factor

8. Conclusion: The Chinese Sentimental and Cross-Cultural Analysis

O autorze

Dr Hui Miao is an Assistant Professor in Film Studies in the Department of Media and Communication at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China.