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Cinematic History and Multi-Subcultural Analysis: The Representation of Youth Dreams in Chinese Cinema

Qu, Sheng
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405989442

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2014, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Studies.
The term dream (meng) may be one of the most frequently used terms in Chinese mass media today. Nowhere has the modern been as intimately connected with young people as it has been in China. As a historical testimony, Chinese film has long paid close attention to images of young people and their dreams. Despite China's elaborate film censorship system, commercial film, as a type of new cultural production in the market economy, has a degree of freedom to express their individual understandings of the real dreams of Chinese youth, which are not always in harmony with the official "China dream". Against this background, this thesis explores the representation of youth dreams in Chinese cinema from two perspectives, cinematic history and multi-subcultural analysis. First, inheriting the academic tradition of historical analysis from western academia, I analyze the image of youth dreams in the history of Chinese film and indicate new commercialized trends of cinematic representation of Chinese youth dreams. Second, I attempt to establish a multi-subcultural framework, consisting of generational, structural, and intersectional models of subcultural theories. By applying the framework, the thesis takes the film series Tiny Times as a case to examine how current Chinese cinema represents the image of Chinese young people's dreams, considering their relationships with parents, peers, and lovers.
Kirk Denton (Committee Chair)
Mark Bender (Committee Member)
Namiko Kunimoto (Committee Member)
85 p.
Asian Studies; Film Studies; Mass Media
youth subculture; youth dream; Chinese film; Tiny Times

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  • Qu, S. (2014). Cinematic History and Multi-Subcultural Analysis: The Representation of Youth Dreams in Chinese Cinema [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405989442

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Qu, Sheng. Cinematic History and Multi-Subcultural Analysis: The Representation of Youth Dreams in Chinese Cinema . 2014. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405989442.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Qu, Sheng. "Cinematic History and Multi-Subcultural Analysis: The Representation of Youth Dreams in Chinese Cinema ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405989442

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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