Cinematic Guerrillas: Propaganda, Projectionists, and Audiences in Socialist China

What Was Cinema In Socialist China? How Did Mass Media Enchant And Mobilize The Revolutionary Masses? Cinematic Guerrillas Is A Cultural History Of Maoist Film Exhibition, Reception, And Audiences That Offers Fresh Insights Into The What, When, Where, And Who Of World Cinema. Moving Beyond Textual Analysis And Production Histories, This Book Examines The Media Networks And Environments, Discourses And Practices, Experiences And Memories Of Film Projectionists And Their Grassroots Audiences From The 1940s To The 1980s. Drawing On Historical Archives, Memoirs, Interviews, And Ethnographic Fieldwork Spanning Multiple Provinces, The Study Of Cinematic Guerrillas Reconsiders Chinese Propaganda In Terms Of Mobile, Heterogeneous And Improvisational Practices As Well As Its Clandestine Pleasures And Unintended Effects At The Grassroots. Paying Attention To Cinema's Spatial, Material, Bodily, And Ritualistic Dimensions, This Book Reconceptualizes Audiovisual Propaganda Media In Terms Of Their Revolutionary Spirit Mediumship, Which Turned Audiences Into Congregations, Contributed To The Mao Cult, Converted Skeptics Of Utopian Visions, And Exorcized Class Enemies-- Provided By Publisher.