This is the first collection of translations of Chinese film theory to be published in English. By using translations rather than summaries, as other works have done, "Chinese Film Theory" provides readers with an introduction to the issues current in China's film circles. It includes eighteen chapters written by a broad range of writers--from well established scholars to young people at the beginning of their involvement in film in China. This collection indicates a trend away from the study of external qualities of film and toward a study of the film itself.
The volume has been...
This is the first collection of translations of Chinese film theory to be published in English. By using translations rather than summaries, as oth...
This is the story of Ai Mei, a Chinese girl adopted by American parents. Ai Mei's journey, a magical adventure into time and culture as well as into space, takes her from Rockport, Massachusetts, in the U.S. to contemporary Beijing, and then into the very heart of China. At the Labrang Monastery on the Tibetan plateau in Gansu Province, she runs away from Angie, her American mother, in a desperate search for her birth mother and, hopefully, the answers to questions she has about her origins. With her American mother in frantic pursuit, Amy has a number of unexpected adventures and meets all...
This is the story of Ai Mei, a Chinese girl adopted by American parents. Ai Mei's journey, a magical adventure into time and culture as well as into s...