Sheldon H. Lu Books
From historicity to fictionality
By Sheldon H. Lu, Hsiao Peng Lu
In the past several decades, one of the most prominent developments in Western literary studies has been the intense interest in "narrative theory" and the study of narrative in general. The Wester...
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The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema And Society At The Turn Of The Twenty-First Century
By 張楨, Chris Berry, Jason McGrath, Zhen Zhang, Sheldon H. Lu, Yinjing Zhang, Zhen Zhang (Editor), Jason McGrath (Editor), Chris Berry (Editor), Sheldon H. Lu (Editor)
Since the early 1990s, while mainland China’s state-owned movie studios have struggled with financial and ideological constraints, an exciting alternative cinema has developed. Dubbed the “Urban Ge...
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Transnational Chinese Cinemas: Identity, Nationhood, Gender
By Sheldon Hsiao-Peng Lu, Sheldon H. Lu
Zhang Yimou's first film, Red Sorghum, took the Golden Bear Award in 1988 at the Berlin International Film Festival. Since then Chinese films have continued to arrest worldwide attention and captur...
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