Chinese documentaries from dogma to polyphony /

• Main Author: Chu, Yingchi.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
• Series: Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ; 8.
• Subjects: Documentary films > History and criticism. > China; Documentary films > Social aspects > China.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.; Electronic books.
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China, in recent years, has experienced a meteoric rise in documentary TV programmes. Chu discusses the various types of these documentaries, under both a planned and market economy.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : writing about Chinese documentaries
• The documentary genre and Chinese documentaries
• Nationalism and the birth of Chinese documentary
• The dogmatic formula
• Media reform, documentary programming, and the new citizen
• Documenting the law
• Documenting the minorities
• The many voices of Chinese documentary
• Conclusion : documentary as critical discourse.