ENROLL NOW IN EAS 160: China in Film: Contested Pasts; Uncertain Futures
Department: East Asian Studies
Post Date: September 4, 2019News Details
We will engage independent and commercial films from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and situate these works within the historical and political contexts in which they were made. How does film’s status as an affect-driven medium – and its need for financial backing – shape the kinds of stories to be told? And what will be the fate of Chinese film as it transitions from a domestic to an international genre? By the end of the class, students will have familiarity with representative works of Chinese cinema, as well as a better understanding of Chinese history. More importantly, they will realize that “China,” like film itself, is perpetually in flux.