All Outputs (3)

In the Name of Internationalism: The Cinematic Memorialization of Norman Bethune in Socialist China (2020)
Book Chapter
Lu, X. (2020). In the Name of Internationalism: The Cinematic Memorialization of Norman Bethune in Socialist China. In A. Skrodzka, X. Lu, & K. Marciniak (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures (341-363). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190885533.013.13

The red martyr holds a special place in the collective memory of communist nations. In the Chinese pantheon of red martyrs, Norman Bethune, a renowned Canadian doctor who died during his selfless support of China’s anti-imperialist war against Japan,... Read More about In the Name of Internationalism: The Cinematic Memorialization of Norman Bethune in Socialist 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.

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.