Overview
- Addresses confluence of genres that has birthed modern Chinese mainstream commercial genre
- Welcomes film study researchers as well as readers who are interested in film genre
- Analyzes the genre elements of each sub-genres
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This book is the first one focusing on Chinese mainstream films from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Based on case studies, it discusses three subgenres of mainland Chinese commercial mainstream films and offers an approach to studying the transformation of Chinese mainstream film within the theoretical frameworks of “genre theory” and “screenwriting method”. It helps professionals understand the genres and narratives of Chinese mainstream films, and also serves as a must-read for non-professionals interested in Chinese cinema.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Fangyi Xu is film writer/director, and Lecturer at Communication University of China. She has a PhD from Peking University and a master’s degree from University of Southern California. She has also worked as a Postdoctor at Tsinghua University. She has international vision and inter-disciplinary background (art, humanities, communication, etc.), as well as a wide variety of practical experience in creation, research and teaching in the film and television industry at home and abroad.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transformation of Contemporary Film Genre
Book Subtitle: The Aesthetics of Chinese Mainland Mainstream Cinema
Authors: Fangyi Xu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6860-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Peking University Press 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-6859-4Published: 26 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-6862-4Published: 27 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-6860-0Published: 25 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 233
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Screen Studies, Film Theory, Asian Cinema and TV