New Chinese Cinema

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New Chinese Cinema is written by Sheila Cornelius and published by Columbia University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 023185143X (ISBN 10) and 9780231851435 (ISBN 13).

New Chinese Cinema: Challenging Representations examines the ‘search for roots’ films that emerged from China in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. The authors contextualize the films of the so-called Fifth Generation directors who came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and Tian Zhuangzhuang. Including close analysis of such pivotal films as Farewell My Concubine, Raise the Red Lantern, and The Blue Kite, this book also examines the rise of contemporary Sixth Generation underground directors whose themes embrace the disaffection of urban youth.