{"product_id":"chinese-animated-film-and-ideology-1940s-1970s-fighting-puppets-hardcover","title":"Chinese Animated Film and Ideology, 1940s-1970s: Fighting Puppets - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlga Bobrowska\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines animated propaganda produced in mainland China from the 1940s to the 1970s. The analyses of four puppet films demonstrate how animation and Maoist doctrine became tightly but dynamically entangled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book firstly contextualizes the production conditions and ideological contents of \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Dream \u003c\/i\u003e(1947), the first puppet film made at the Northeast Film Studio in Changchun. It then examines the artistic, intellectual, and ideological backbone of the puppet film \u003ci\u003eWanderings of Sanmao \u003c\/i\u003e(1958). The book presents the means and methods applied in puppet animation filmmaking that complied with the ideological principles established by the radical supporters of Mao Zedong in the first half of the 1960s, discussing \u003ci\u003eRooster Crows at Midnight \u003c\/i\u003e(1964). The final chapter discusses \u003ci\u003eThe Little 8th Route Army \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), created by You Lei in the midst of the Cultural Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to those in the fields of animation studies, film studies, political science, Chinese area studies, and Chinese philology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlga Bobrowska\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar active in the fields of animation studies, film studies and cultural theory, as well as a film culture activist and curator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120995766407,"sku":"9781032148892","price":108.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d42b83a883b9f1a8673b0059e14c7a1d.webp?v=1732550620","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/chinese-animated-film-and-ideology-1940s-1970s-fighting-puppets-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}