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  • Translation Studies and China

    Literature, Cinema, and Visual Arts

    Focusing on transculturality, this edited volume explores how the role of translation and the idea of (un)translatability in the transformative complementation of different civilizations facilitates the transcultural connection between Chinese and other cultures in the modern era.Bringing together established international scholars and emerging new voices, this collection explores the linguistic, ... Read more

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  • Chinese Cinemas in Translation and Dissemination

    Edited by Haina Jin ...
    Ever since film was brought into China at the end of the nineteenth century, translation has conquered language, ideological and cultural barriers and facilitated the dissemination of films in China. Offering fresh visions and innovative studies on various important issues, including mistranslation, the dubbing of Hong Kong kung fu films, the dubbing of foreign films in China, the subtitling of ... Read more

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  • Chinese Films Abroad

    Distribution and Translation

    Edited by Yves Gambier, Haina Jin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Chinese Cinema
    This book examines Chinese films made and shown abroad roughly between the 1920s and the 2020s, from the beginning of the international exchange of the Chinese national film industry to the emergence of the concept of soft power.The periodisation of Chinese cinema(s) does not necessarily match the political periods: on the one hand, the technical development of the film industry and the ... Read more

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  • Contemporary German–Chinese Cultures in Dialogue

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a unique perspective on contemporary German and Chinese cultural encounters. Moving away from highlighting exchanges between the two countries in terms of colonial connections, religious influences and philosophical impacts, the book instead focuses on the vast array of modern cultural dialogues that have influenced both countries, especially in literature, theatre and film. The ... Read more

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  • General History of Chinese Film III

    1976–2016

    by Ding Yaping ...
    Translated by Jin Haina ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Chinese Cinema
    The Reform and Opening-up of China since the late 1970s has not only transformed the economic and political situation of the country but also transformed the Chinese film industry. This volume focuses on the 40 years of the history of Chinese film in the post-Mao era.As all aspects of film production, distribution, and exhibition have been commercialized, Chinese film has become an industry of ... Read more

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  • Imagined China

    Research on Chinese Films in the 1980s

    by Wang Haizhou ...
    Translated by Jin Haina ...
    Series series China Perspectives
    This book explores how Chinese films constructed an image of China in the 1980s through analyzing the characters, composition of space, and conflict patterns of the films. It also examines the relationship between the representations in Chinese cinema and the realities of Chinese society.The study analyzes the imagery, metaphors, and cultural values of Chinese films in the 1980s to discover the ... Read more

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  • General History of Chinese Film II

    1949–1976

    by Ding Yaping ...
    Translated by Jin Haina ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Chinese Cinema
    Since 1949, Chinese film has been greatly influenced by a variety of historical, cultural, and political events in the history of the People’s Republic of China. This volume explores the development of Chinese film from 1949 to 1976.This volume restores Chinese film to its original historical form and assesses its complex relationship with society, politics, culture, and art in the Maoist period. ... Read more

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  • General History of Chinese Film I

    1896–1949

    by Ding Yaping ...
    Translated by Jin Haina ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Chinese Cinema
    The early years of the history of Chinese film have lately been the subject of resurgent interest and a growing body of scholarship has come to recognise and identify an extraordinarily diverse and complex period. This volume explores the development of Chinese film from 1896 to 1949.The volume covers the screening of foreign films in Shanghai, Hong Kong and other coastal cities in China, the ... Read more

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    The lives and aspirations of young Chinese (those between 14 and 26 years old) have been transformed in the past five decades. By examining youth cultures around three historical points - 1968, 1988 and 2008 - this book argues that present-day youth culture in China has both international and local roots. Paul Clark describes how the Red Guards and the sent-down youth of the Cultural Revolution ... Read more

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    A Treasure Island

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    Focusing on the work of four contemporary filmmakers—Ang Lee, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Tsai Ming-liang—the authors explore how these filmmakers broke from tradition, creating a cinema that is both personal and insistent on examining Taiwan's complex history. Featuring stills, anecdotes, and close readings of films, the authors consider the influence of Hong Kong and martial arts films, ... Read more

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  • From Underground to Independent

    Alternative Film Culture in Contemporary China

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