Moving Figures: Class and Feeling in the Films of Jia Zhangke

by Corey Kai Nelson Schultz

Book Overview

Since 1979, China has been undergoing a period of immense social and economic change, transitioning from state-run economics to free market capitalism. This book focuses on how the 'Reform Era' has been constructed in the work of the director Jia Zhangke, analysing the archetypal class figures of worker, peasant, soldier, intellectual and entrepreneur that are found in his films. Examining how these figures are represented, and how Jia's cinematography...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474455123
• ISBN13: 9781474455121
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"