My Self on Camera: First Person Documentary Practice in an Individualising China - Couverture souple

Yu, Kiki Tianqi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1474474128 ISBN 13 : 9781474474122

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

'My' Self on Camera is the first book to explore first person narrative documentary in China's post-Mao era. Since the emergence of the individual as an ever more important social figure in China, this mode of independent filmmaking and cultural practice has become increasingly significant. Combining the approach of cultural ethnography, interviews, and textual analysis of selected films, this study examines the motivations, key aesthetic features and ethical tensions of presenting the self on camera, as well as the socio-political, cultural and technical conditions surrounding its practice. This book problematises how the sense of self and subjectivities are understood in contemporary China, and provides illuminating new insights on the changing notion of the individual through cinema.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kiki Tianqi Yu is Lecturer in Film Practice at Queen Mary University of London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474474128
• ISBN 13: 9781474474122
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible