Gebundenes Buch

Global Chinese Cinema

The Culture and Politics of 'Hero'

Herausgeber: Rawnsley, Gary D.; Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T.

Beschreibung

Director Zhang Yimou's film Hero, released in 2002, is widely regarded as the first globally successful indigenous Chinese blockbuster, touching on key questions of Chinese culture, nation and politics. This book explores the reasons for the film's popularity with its audiences, and provides fascinating insights into recent developments in Chinese society, popular culture and cultural production.

Autor

Gary D. Rawnsley is currently Professor of Asian International Communications at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK. Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley is Research Fellow at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK. Their most recent jointly edited publications include Political Communications in Greater China: The Construction and Reflection of Identity (also published by Routledge) and Critical Security, Democratisation and Television in Taiwan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9780415453158
• ISBN-10: 0415453151
• Artikelnr.: 31081480