How Chinese Youth Cinema Develops? Reviewing Chinese Youth Genre in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, 1950s-2000s

Journal Title: GATR Global Journal of Business & Social Science Review - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 1

Abstract

Objective - This study considers Chinese youth cinema as a historical object that represents the gamut of social practices and styles of production. Methodology/Technique - The authors examine the historical development of young people for tracing how different social and historical contexts interpret the Chinese young people's world. Findings - The youth films produced in the major Chinese regions—Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong—illustrate how much social practices dominated the film content and style. For instance, youth genre in Hong Kong, once prevalent in the Cantonese cinema of the mid and late 1960s, blended musical and melodrama by dormant with the rise of martial art films. Novelty - This study attempts to elaborate some films featuring young people in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and to review the histories of youth cinema in these Chinese regions. The Chinese youth film outlines how, in Chinese communities, the category of youth historically functions as a significant site of ideological inscription that displays its struggles towards an idealized future.

Authors and Affiliations

Wang Changsong, Rohani Hashim

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Wang Changsong, Rohani Hashim (2014). How Chinese Youth Cinema Develops? Reviewing Chinese Youth Genre in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, 1950s-2000s. GATR Global Journal of Business & Social Science Review, 2(1), 54-67. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-185589