'My' Self on Camera: First Person Documentary Practice in an Individualising China

by Kiki Tianqi Yu

Book Overview

'My' Self on Camera is the first book to explore first person narrative documentary in China's post-Mao era. Since the emergence of the individual as an ever more important social figure in China, this mode of independent filmmaking and cultural practice has become increasingly significant. Combining the approach of cultural ethnography, interviews, and textual analysis of selected films, this study examines the motivations, key aesthetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474474128
• ISBN13: 9781474474122
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"