Chinese Animated Film and Ideology, 1940s-1970s: Fighting Puppets (Focus Animation Ser.)

Synopsis

This book examines animated propaganda produced in mainland China from the 1940s to the 1970s. The analyses of four puppet films demonstrate how animation and Maoist doctrine became tightly but dynamically entangled. The book firstly contextualizes the production conditions and ideological contents of The Emperor’s Dream (1947), the first puppet film made at the Northeast Film Studio in Changchun. It then examines the artistic, intellectual, and ideological backbone of the puppet film Wanderings of Sanmao (1958). The book presents the means and methods applied in puppet animation filmmaking that complied with the ideological principles established by the radical supporters of Mao Zedong in the first half of the 1960s, discussing Rooster Crows at Midnight (1964). The final chapter discusses The Little 8th Route Army (1973), created by You Lei in the midst of the Cultural Revolution. This book will be of great interest to those in the fields of animation studies, film studies, political science, Chinese area studies, and Chinese philology.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

184 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000824261

Related ISBNs:

9781003241607, 9781032148939, 9781032148892

Publisher:

CRC Press

Date of Addition:

10/24/22

Copyrighted By:

Olga Bobrowska Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempt

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet

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