Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943This volume aims both to establish cinema as a vital force in Shanghai culture and to direct attention to early Chinese cinema, a crucial chapter in Chinese cultural history long neglected by Western scholars. The editor s introduction surveys the history and historiography of Chinese cinema through the 1940 s and identifies subjects and sources that await further research. In Part I, "Screening Romance, Zhen Zhang discusses how the influence of teahouse culture gradually yielded to cinematic and narrative concerns in the early 1920 s. Kristine Harris s analysis of a costume drama reveals the director s cultural heritage and a rich psychological subtext created by new film techniques. Leo Ou-fan Lee examines the ways various urban institutions were utilized to promote a certain type of film culture in Shanghai. In Part II, "Imaging Sexuality, Andrew Field traces the public perception of cabaret girls in Shanghai, and Michael Chang studies the discursive processes by which three generations of early movie stars were elevated to stardom. Yingjin Zhang contends that prostitution was a focal point in the urban imagination and that its public presentation furnished Chinese filmmakers with a highly contested space for projecting different ideologies. In Part III, "Constructing Identity, Zhiwei Xiao examines the role Nationalist film censorship played in promoting a new national culture, and Sue Tuohy locates in film music a wide range of conflicting ideals and models. Shelley Stephenson brings us to Japanese-occupied Shanghai, where a Manchurian-born, Chinese-educated Japanese film star masked her true identity. Representing the disciplines of film, literature, and ethnomusicology, the contributors seek to redefine concepts of cinema and urban culture in Chinese historiography. The volume will appeal to scholars whose interests lie, not just in film studies and Chinese history, but in the fields of modernity, urban studies, and popular culture. |
Contents
Cinema and Urban Culture in Republican | 3 |
TEAHOUSE | 12 |
27 | 59 |
Some | 74 |
CABARET GIRL | 97 |
Film Censorship | 183 |
Music in Chinese Films of the 1930s | 200 |
Shanghai Li Xianglan | 222 |
Filmography | 249 |
Notes | 257 |
319 | |
Character List | 341 |
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