Animation Thinks (Paperback)

Panpan Yang

ISBN 10: 0520430085 / ISBN 13: 9780520430082

Published by University of California Press, Berkerley, 2026

About this Item

Paperback. Animation Thinks charts a fragmentary history of Chinese animation from the 1920s to the present. Focusing on animation's encounters with other art forms, including photography, painting, calligraphy, and porcelain, Panpan Yang examines contemporary Chinese animation trans-spatially, tracing how the meaning of Chinese animated works subtly shifts when moving between spaces such as the film industry and the contemporary art world. Ultimately, Yang argues that Chinese animation thinks time and space to a degree unimaginable in other media, offering an understanding of space that is neither completely graphic nor entirely photographic and an understanding of time as heterogeneous, disruptive, and surprising. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animation Thinks (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkerley
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520430085
• ISBN 13: 9780520430082
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Animation Thinks charts a fragmentary history of Chinese animation from the 1920s to the present. Focusing on animation's encounters with other art forms, including photography, painting, calligraphy, and porcelain, Panpan Yang examines contemporary Chinese animation trans-spatially, tracing how the meaning of Chinese animated works subtly shifts when moving between spaces such as the film industry and the contemporary art world. Ultimately, Yang argues that Chinese animation thinks time and space to a degree unimaginable in other media, offering an understanding of space that is neither completely graphic nor entirely photographic and an understanding of time as heterogeneous, disruptive, and surprising.

About the Author

Panpan Yang is Assistant Professor in the arts and visual cultures of modern China at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.