The Return of Magic | The Transformation of the Body in Chinese Cinema and Its Cultural Memory

Yi Lou

ISBN 10: 3987400382 / ISBN 13: 9783987400384

Published by Ergon, 2023

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The Return of Magic | The Transformation of the Body in Chinese Cinema and Its Cultural Memory | Yi Lou | Taschenbuch | 269 S. | Englisch | 2023 | Ergon | EAN 9783987400384 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Waldseestr. 3-5, 76530 Baden-Baden, nomos[at]nomos[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return of Magic | The Transformation of the Body in Chinese Cinema and Its Cultural Memory
• Publisher: Ergon
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3987400382
• ISBN 13: 9783987400384
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 18W x 184H x 241D millimeters 18 millimeters width by 184 millimeters height by 241 millimeters depth
• Weight: 505 grams
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Synopsis

Body - a fragile, limited, but powerful object. The phenomenon of bodily transformation has occurred in Chinese cinema from the early phase of the twentieth century until today. The recurrence of transforming bodies reifies the shifting boundaries between normality and abnormality, beauty and ugliness, good and evil, remembering and forgetting that are mapped in social discourse. At the core of this research lies the question of how films concerning transforming bodies could be treated as a dispositif to shape and evoke the cultural memory of China.