The Evolution of Chinese Popular Cinema: Baokuan Film Phenomena under Nationalism, Globalization, and Active Audiences

The Evolution of Chinese Popular Cinema provides insights into the Chinese film industry and popular cinema in the past two decades (with a major focus on the films produced since the mid-2010s).

The book emphasizes on the film market in mainland China since the mid- 2010s and how it has been dramatically different from the previous decades, featuring big names like Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang. Witnessing an age of baokuan films – films that have renewed box office records, represented by ...