China in the Age of Global Capitalism: Jia Zhangke's Filmic World

by Xiaoping Wang

Book Overview

Jia Zhangke is praised as "the most internationally prominent and celebrated figure of the Six-Generation of Chinese filmmakers". This book provides an examination the content and forms of Jia's featured films and analyzes their merits and faults.

Jia's films often narrate the lives of ordinary Chinese people against the backdrop of the political-economic changes. The author conducts an in-depth analysis of how this change have ferociously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032087013
• ISBN13: 9781032087016
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"