ASIA 305 - Chinese Cinema

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered in alternate years

This course explores the development of Chinese cinema within the context of the rapid changes that took place in China throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. It traces early productions, particularly in Shanghai in the 1930s, socialist films of the Maoist era, as well as post-socialist films of the reform era. Themes explored include representations of gender and minorities, and how national identities and historical memory are constructed.