Approaches the recent resurgence of the fantastic in Chinese cinemas Offers the framework of ‘Sino-enchantment’ as a new theoretical lens through which readers can engage elements of the fantastic in Chinese cinema Addresses the increasing prominence of fantastic narratives, imagery and styles in Chinese films Interested not simply in CGI effects, but as much in the ideological...(展开全部)

In a famous episode of the eighteenth-century masterpiece The Dream of the Red Chamber, the goddess Disenchantment introduces the hero, Pao-yü, to the splendors and dangers of the Illusory Realm of Great Void. The goddess, one of the divine women in Chinese literature who inspire contradictory impulses of attachment and detachment, tells Pao-yü that the purpose of his dream vis...(展开全部)

In a famous episode of the eighteenth-century masterpiece The Dream of the Red Chamber, the goddess Disenchantment introduces the hero, Pao-yü, to the splendors and dangers of the Illusory Realm of Great Void. The goddess, one of the divine women in Chinese literature who inspire contradictory impulses of attachment and detachment, tells Pao-yü that the purpose of his dream vis...(展开全部)

For centuries the sub-national languages of China have been a fundamental feature in daily life and popular culture, while a standardized form of Mandarin has been adopted as the language of the state (including education). Suppressed during powerful movements to establish a modern, national culture, these local languages or dialects have nevertheless survived, and their resurg...(展开全部)

The first and only comprehensive survey of contemporary Chinese art, one of the most vital and expanding sectors of the global art world today From its underground genesis during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76), contemporary Chinese art has become a dynamic and hugely influential force in a globalized art world. In this first major introduction to the topic, Wu Hung provides ...(展开全部)

这本《中国当代摄影艺术(精)》由顾铮编著，收入本书的摄影作品，首先考量的是有助于了解中国的社会生活与时代变迁。同时，这些作品也提供了解摄影这个视觉媒介在中国的近况的途径。因此，一些著名的作品也许并不是本书所要收录的对象，而能够反映当下的中国当代摄影现况的作品可能受到更优先的考虑。

This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.

This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.

Transpacific Cartographies examines how contemporary Chinese diasporic narratives address the existential loss of home for immigrant communities at a time of global precarity and amid rising Sino-US tensions. Focusing on cultural productions of the Chinese diaspora from the 1990s to the present -- including novels by the Sinophone writers Yan Geling (The Criminal Lu Yanshi), Sh...(展开全部)