Readings for MAOIST CINEMA IN THE PRC: SEVENTEEN YEARS (1949-1966)

Dear all,

I adjusted the readings a bit; adding a new reading into the REQUIRED list, while making Gina's paper a secondary one. Please pay attention to the changes.

Required Reading:

Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin. Film History: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010, p370-373 [distributed in class]

Clark, Paul. "Artists, Cadres, and Audiences: Chinese Socialist Cinema, 1949-1978", a Companion to Chinese Cinema. eds. Zhang Yingjin. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012  [distributed in class]

Zhang, Yingjin. “Socialist Cinema in Perspective: Stage Sisters and Complexity”, Chinese National Cinema. Routledge, 2008:212-16 [distributed in class]

Reference Reading: 

Marchetti, Gina. “Two Stage Sisters: The Blossoming Of A Revolutionary Aesthetic”, Jump Cut, no. 34, March, 1989, pp. 95-106 [http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC34folder/2stageSisters.html]