Confronting Modernity in the Cinemas of Taiwan and Mainland China

Download or read book Confronting Modernity in the Cinemas of Taiwan and Mainland China written by Tonglin Lu and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite differences in the political, social, and economic systems of Taiwan and mainland China, the process of modernization in both has challenged traditional cultural norms. Tonglin Lu examines how differences in cultural formation between Taiwan and China have influenced reactions to modernity and how cultural identity has taken different forms on both sides of the Taiwan straits. She illustrates how these differences in the experience of modernity are expressed through analysis of paradigmatic films produced in both countries, with a particular emphasis on their formal experiments.