Being Present: Mobile Cinema in Kham Tibetan Areas

AvJianbin Guo,Jingjing Chen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Pluralism, Culture and Communication in Contemporary China

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This book presents the restoration of rural mobile cinema network in the Great Triangle region at the conjunction of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Tibet in China in the new century, which has added a new chapter to the long-standing complex relationship between cinema and social change.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-08-01
Mått:148 x 210 x 28 mm
Vikt:668 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Pluralism, Culture and Communication in Contemporary China
Antal sidor:401
Upplaga:2024
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789819727353
Originaltitel:在场:流动电影与当代中国社会建构

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Guo Jianbin is a professor at School of Journalism and Communication at Guangzhou Universality, China. As a pioneer and leading scholar in media anthropology in China, he is well-known for his ethnographic studies on communication and social change in Dulong and Tibetan areas. Chen Jingjing is an associated professor at School of Journalism, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.

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1. 'Being Present' as an Analytical Concept.- 2. Fieldwork area and research methodology.- 3. The 'Presence' of the State and Its Reflection.- 4. The Historical Evolution of Mobile Cinema in the 'Great Trian' Region.- 5. The Film The Serf and its 'Identity Conferment'.- 6. 'The Visual Performance' of the State.- 7. 'Transition' and its Implications.- 8. Touring with Mobile Film Screening Van.- 9. An 'old projectionist' and his successors.- 10. The story of an Individual Projectionist.- 11. From 'Actor' to 'Film herdsman'.- 12. 'Viewers Being Present' and Its Theoretical Implications.- 13. An Investigation of the Film Viewing Practice Among Primary School Students in a Central Primary School.- 14. A study on the Viewing of the Movies The Serf and The Silent Holy Stones.- 15. Watching Movies as a Social Activity.- 16. Film Viewers as 'Interpretive Communities'.- 16. Conclusion: 'Being Present' and Mobile Cinema in Contemporary China.