| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 401 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Pluralism, Culture and Communication in Contemporary China |
| Contents |
Intro -- Series Editors' Preface -- An Inside Look at the Dynamic, Complex and Hybrid Chinese Society -- References -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Preface -- Reference -- 2 Introduction: 'Being Present' as an Analytical Concept -- Origin and Definition -- 'Being Present' and Its Spatial-temporal Implications -- 'Social space' and 'MediaSpace' -- 'Being Present': 'Structure' and 'Action' -- 'Actor' and 'Actor-Network Theory' -- The Ritual Connotation of 'Being Present'. -- The 'Actual Existence' and 'Symbolic Existence' of 'Being Present' |
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Communication and Ritual -- Research Questions and Its Meanings -- Content Composition -- A Brief Explanation for the Way of Narration -- References -- 3 Fieldwork Area and Research Methodology -- Field Research Area -- Research Methods -- Multi-sites Ethnography -- Methods and Practices -- Research Methods and Research Questions Should Be Pursued Simultaneously -- Brief Description of Other Related Methods -- References -- 4 The 'Presence' of the State and Its Reflection -- Institutional Level -- Discourse Level |
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Hu Qiaomu Said that the Criticism of the Movie 'The Legend of Wu Xun' Is Very One-sided, Extreme and Crude -- References -- 5 The Historical Evolution of Mobile Cinema in the 'Great Triangle' Region -- Tour Screening -- Establishment of County-Level Screening Teams -- Translation and Explanation -- Township and Village Screening Teams -- 8.75mm Projector -- 'Slide Down from the Top' -- 'Revival' -- 'Digitalization' -- References -- 6 The Film The Serf and Its 'Identity Conferment' -- References -- 7 'The Visual Performance' of the State -- Layout of Screening Points -- Mobile Film Projection Van |
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The Films -- The Content of the Films -- Regarding Film Translations into Ethnic Minority Languages -- Viewing -- References -- 8 'Transition' and Its Implications -- 'Touring the Points' and 'Transition' -- 'Transition' and Its Implications -- 9 Touring with Mobile Film Screening Van -- August 8, 2011 -- August 9, 2011 -- August 10, 2011 -- August 11, 2011 -- August 12, 2011 -- August 13, 2011 -- 10 A 'Veteran Projectionist' and His Successors -- References -- 11 The Story of an Individual Projectionist -- 12 From 'Actor' to 'Film herdsman' -- 'Actor' -- 'Actor' -- 'Mediator' -- 'Network' |
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'Herding the Films' -- References -- 13 'Viewers Being Present' and Its Theoretical Implications -- 'Audience Research' and 'Audience Ethnography' -- Media Ritual and 'the Ritual View of Communication' -- References -- 14 An Investigation of the Film-Viewing Practice among Primary School Students in a Central Primary School -- Field background -- August 16, 2012 -- August 17, 2012 -- Deriving Research Questions -- Analysis -- State -- Ethnicity -- School -- Individual -- References -- 15 A Study on the Viewing of the Movies The Serf and The Silent Holy Stones -- Research Background |
| Summary |
This book presents the restoration of rural mobile cinema network in the Great Triangle region at the conjunction of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Tibet in China in the new century, which has added a new chapter to the long-standing complex relationship between cinema and social change. Based on five years of multi-sited fieldwork, abundant interviews and oral history narratives, this work shows the entanglement of the State, the projectionists and local film viewers in the historical and social context in a holistic analytic framework. By using the key concept of being present to examine the tangling relations between the actors in mobile cinema as social practice, the work argues that mobile cinema and contemporary Chinese society are mutually constructed in both textual and practical level. Guo Jianbin is a professor at School of Journalism and Communication at Guangzhou Universality, China. As a pioneer and leading scholar in media anthropology in China, he is well-known for his ethnographic studies on communication and social change in Dulong and Tibetan areas. Chen Jingjing is an associated professor at School of Journalism, Yunnan University, Kunming, China. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Village J, Deqin County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2024) |
| Subject |
Traveling motion picture theaters -- China
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chen, Jingjing, author.
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| ISBN |
9789819727360 |
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9819727367 |
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