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The sentimental in Chinese cinema / Hui Miao.

9783030883300 (electronic bk.)
3030883302 (electronic bk.)
9783030883294 (print)
3030883299

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

English

1 online resource (xvi, 210 pages)

10.1007/978-3-030-88330-0 doi

PN1993.5.C4

791.40951

This book explores manifestations and perpetuations of the sentimental in Mainland Chinese cinema from the 1990s to the 2000s. A sentimental Chinese cinema -- one that articulates notions of homecoming and belonging -- emerged in the 1990s with its distinctive styles. The representations and configurations of this evolving style of Chinese cinematic expression are not only thought provoking in their own right, but also in the way they contrast with past forms of Chinese sentimental cinema and with sentimental aesthetics elsewhere in the world. These new representations have transformed established family centred expressions of the sentimental in Chinese cinema. The new sentimental emphasises togetherness and a yearning for belonging which often appear in the themes of homecoming and home-longing. This also forms a cultural resistance towards the increasingly alienating and isolating forces of globalisation and urbanisation. This book analyses the sociocultural conditions that have allowed for a renewed understanding of the sentimental and the cultural identity markers that are perpetually under contestation.

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