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Subject(s)

• Animated films—China—History and criticism [Browse]
• Motion pictures—Political aspects—China—History—20th century [Browse]

Series

• Focus animation series. [More in this series]
• CRC focus series [More in this series]
• CRC focus

Summary note

This book presents a contextualized overview of the history of Chinese animated film, pointing out the most influential self-definitions of Chinese culture employed in animation art of Mao Zedong's rule (1949-1976) but largely focusing on the representation strategies created in the times of reforms and opening-up under Deng Xiaoping (1978-1989/1992). Deeply grounded in cultural studies, the book employs an interdisciplinary approach, interlacing the reflection with the perspectives of political science, film studies, and film festival studies. It focuses on phenomena anchored to the paradigms of nationalization, reform, and internationalization: among them, nuanced understanding of the minzu (national) category (including the classic style of Chinese animation); invention of wash-and-ink painting animation (shuimo donghua); renewal of film theory and animated film language; soft power and cultural diplomacy; and regular access and co-creation of the international industry (festival distribution). 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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction : Contents, sources, and methodological premises ; Self-images of Chinese animation and their foreign reception ; Post-socialism or the world after Mao ; Emancipatory ideology with Chinese characteristics ; Animation after cultural revolution: "we could even begin to dance again at that time. In our studio!"
• Nationalization of animation : A multilayeredness of Minzu (National) category. A cultural studies perspective ; Theorizing animated Minzu ; Te Wei: the icon of the national animation ; Wash-and-ink painting animation (Shuimo Donghua): the crown jewels of Minzu style ; Minzu style in the 1980s
• Animation reformed : Avant-Garde and animation. The case of Picasso and his bull (1988) ; The modernization of animated film language: theory ; Reformed animation as an expression of residual modernism ; Animated film modernization in practice: films of A Da ; Reformed animation: authentic, authorial, and for adult audiences
• Sino-European opening-up in the area of art-house animation : Chinese animation at the international festivals during the Maoist era ; Absolute beginners: first attempts in Sino-European opening up ; Annecy Festival: Dynamics of dialogue ; Annecy 1983 ; Annecy 1985 ; Annecy 2017 ; Animafest Zagreb: intercultural exchange in action ; Animafest Zagreb 1978 ; Animafest Zagreb 1980 ; Animafest Zagreb 1982 ; Animafest Zagreb 1984 ; Animafest Zagreb 1986 ; Animafest Zagreb 1988.

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ISBN

• 9781032197647 (hardback)
• 1032197641
• 9781032197678 (paperback)
• 1032197676 (paperback)

OCLC

1400791592

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