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On the Margins of Realism Tracing Alternative Aesthetics in a Century of Chinese Cinema
By Ting Luo
Copyright 2025
196 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Realism has been endowed with a certain orthodox status as the aesthetic counterpart of China’s modernization, and studies of Chinese film history have largely accepted a master narrative of realism as the guiding aesthetic of mainland Chinese cinema. This book argues, however, that alternative aesthetics to realism have always existed in Chinese cinema throughout its history, from the early... Read more
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Biography
Ting Luo is an assistant professor in the College of Media and International Culture and a research fellow at the Center for Digital Communication Studies, Zhejiang University. She holds a PhD from the University of Auckland. Her research interests include Chinese film, Asian cinema, and media studies.
