War, History, Memory : Rewriting the Second Sino-Japanese War in Chinese-Language Films

ISBN-13: 9786138915430 / Angielski

Ji'an Lin; Yijun Li

Opis

The book analyzed the history writing and memory construction in Chinese-language Anti-Japanese War themed films produced in the 21st century, with particular focus on ten works, namely Jiang Wen's Devils on the Doorstep (2000), Ang Lee's Lust, Caution (2007), Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War (2011), Feng Xiaogang's Back to 1942 (2012), Xu Anhua's Our Time Will Come (2017), Wei Desheng's Cape No.7 (2008), Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death (2009), Gao Qunshu and Chen Guofu's The Message (2009), Shen Dong's Death and Glory in Changde (2010), and the Sino-German co-production John Rabe (2009). These films have effectively rewritten the history and reconstructed the memory of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Meanwhile, they also reflect the changes of China's social politics, economy and culture.

O autorze

Lin, Ji'an
Ji'an Lin is an assistant professor at Central China Normal University. His research fields cover Chinese film history and sociology of film. Yijun Li is an assistant professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on Chinese media art and culture study.