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Working the system : motion picture, filmmakers, and subjectivities in Mao-era China, 1949-1966

He, Qiliang, 1974- author

2022

Overview

In 'Working the System' Qiliang He inquired into the making of the new citizenry in Mao-era China (1949-1976) by studying five preeminent Shanghai-based filmmakers. These case studies shed light on how individuals' subjectivities took shape in the cinematic arena under a new sociopolitical system after 1949. He suggests that a filmmaker's subjectivity was not fixed or stable but constantly in flux, requiring a host of 'subjectivizing practices' to (re)shape and consolidate it. These filmmakers endeavored to reap maximal benefits from Mao's sociopolitical system and minimize the disadvantages that would make them victims under the system.

• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Subject: Motion picture industry China Shanghai History 20th century. / Motion picture producers and directors China. / Communism and motion pictures China History 20th century. / Performing Arts.
• ISBN: 9789888805600

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