Ideology and Utopia in China's New Wave Cinema investigates the ways in which New Wave filmmakers represent China in this age of neoliberal reform. Analyzing this paradigm shift in independent cinema, this text explores the historicity of the cinematic form and its cultural-political visions. Through a close reading of the narrative strategy of key films in New Wave Cinema, Xiaoping Wang studies the movement's impact on film, literature, culture and politics.

Provides a rigorous critique of China's new independent cinema Studies the political, cultural and societal landscape of post-socialist China Utilizes a Marxist perspective to unpack the problematic cultural politics of new wave films

Autorentext

Xiaoping Wang is Chair Professor of Chinese Studies at Huaqiao University, China. He has published more than 100 research articles on modern and contemporary Chinese literature, culture and critical theory.

Inhalt

1. China's New Wave Cinema in the Era of Globalization.- 2. The Arrival of Post-Socialism: Silence, Sound and Fury.- 3. The Fate and Fantasy of China's New Poor.- 4. The Taste and Tragedy of China's Middle Class.- 5. Memoire of Socialism and the Chinese Enlightenment.- 6. Elitism of Populism? The Problematic of Imagining the Other.- 7. The Politics of Dignity and the Destiny of China's New Wave Cinema.