All Outputs (4)

Intermedial Laughter: Hou Baolin and xiangsheng dianying in mid-1950s’ China (2019)
Book Chapter
Lu, X. (2019). Intermedial Laughter: Hou Baolin and xiangsheng dianying in mid-1950s’ China. In P. Zhu, Z. Wang, & J. McGrath (Eds.), Maoist Laughter (73-88). University of Hong Kong Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvs1g9hm.9

Comedy film in the early Mao era is a site of negotiation and contestation. The ephemeral presence of satirical comedies in the Hundred Flowers period (1956–1957) and the long–awaited reemergence of the genre, albeit in the form of eulogistic comedie... Read More about Intermedial Laughter: Hou Baolin and xiangsheng dianying in mid-1950s’ China.

The Lyrical Subversions of Socialist Realism in Đặng Nhật Minh’s New Wave Cinema (2019)
Book Chapter
Healy, D. (2020). The Lyrical Subversions of Socialist Realism in Đặng Nhật Minh’s New Wave Cinema. In A. Skrodzka, X. Lu, & K. Marciniak (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190885533.013.23

This article looks at the career and work of a prominent Vietnamese film director, Đặng Nhật Minh. By taking a closer look at his film When the Tenth Month Comes, this article challenges the Cold War perception of communist art as a mere servant to... Read More about The Lyrical Subversions of Socialist Realism in Đặng Nhật Minh’s New Wave Cinema.

The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures (2019)
Book
Skrodzka, A., Lu, X., & Marciniak, K. (Eds.). (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190885533.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures critically examines and historically reconstructs the visual practices that have accompanied social transformations initiated by communist ideals in various parts of the world in the twentieth century.... Read More about The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures.

Listening Between the Images: African Filmmakers’ Take on the Soviet Union, Soviet Filmmakers’ Take on Africa (2019)
Book Chapter
Dovey, L. (2020). Listening Between the Images: African Filmmakers’ Take on the Soviet Union, Soviet Filmmakers’ Take on Africa. In X. Lu (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190885533.013.15

This article explores the relationships between African filmmakers and communism during the Cold War period, with a particular focus on those African filmmakers who were trained in the Soviet Union, such as Sarah Maldoror, Ousmane Sembene, and Abderr... Read More about Listening Between the Images: African Filmmakers’ Take on the Soviet Union, Soviet Filmmakers’ Take on Africa.