China on Screen

Chris Berry is professor of film and television studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author or editor of several books, including Postsocialist Cinema in Post-Mao China: The Cultural Revolution after the Cultural Revolution. Mary Farquhar is professor of Asian studies at Griffith University and is the author of numerous articles and the prize-winning book, Children's Literature in China: From Lu Xun to Mao Zedong.

A quite thought-provoking and extensively researched academic study. Wisconsin Bookwatch Recommended. Choice [China on Screen] will no doubt remain a standard reference for students of cinema studies and is eminently adoptable for the classroom. -- Haiyan Lee Nations & Nationalism An important and exceedingly satisfying read. -- Carolyn M. Bloomer The China Journal It is well worth the read for those interested in learning more about this understudied area of film. -- Antoinette Winstead Film & History Clear and entertaining... This book is as suitable for people just entering the field as for specialized scholars. China Perspectives

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on Translation and Romanization 1. Introduction: Cinema and the National 2. Time and the National: History, Historiology, Haunting 3. Operatic Modes: Opera Film, Martial Arts, and Cultural Nationalism 4. Realist Modes: Melodrama, modernity, and Home 5. How Should A Chinese Woman Look? Woman and Nation 6. How Should Chinese Men Act? Ordering the Nation 7. Where Do You Draw the Line? Ethnicity in Chinese Cinemas 8. The National in the Transnational Chronolgy Notes European Language Bibliography Chinese Language Bibliography Film List Index