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Subject(s)

• Animated films—China—History and criticism [Browse]
• Motion pictures in propaganda—China [Browse]
• Motion pictures—Political aspects—China [Browse]
• Mao, Zedong 1893-1976—Philosophy [Browse]

Series

• Focus animation series [More in this series]
• Focus animation

Summary note

"Chinese Animated Film and Ideology, 1940s-1970s examines animated propaganda produced in mainland China in the 1940s to 1970s. The analyses of four puppet films demonstrate how animation and Maoist doctrine became tightly but dynamically entangled. The book firstly contextualizes the production conditions and ideological contents of The Emperor's Dream (1947), the first animated film made at the Northeast Film Studio in Changchun. It then examines the artistic, intellectual, and ideological backbone of the puppet film Wanderings of Sanmao (1958). The book presents means and methods applied in puppet animation filmmaking that complied with the ideological principles established by the radical supporters of Mao Zedong in the first half of the 1960s, discussing Rooster Crows at Midnight (1964). The final chapter discusses The Little 8th Route Army (1973), created by You Lei in the midst of the Cultural Revolution. This book will be of great interest to those in the fields of animation studies, film studies, political science, Chinese area studies, and Chinese philology"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

"CRC Focus"--from cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781032148892
• 1032148896 (hardcover)
• 9781032148939 (paperback)
• 1032148934 (paperback)

LCCN

2022034949

OCLC

1345518444

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