A Study on Representations of Youth in Chinese （Mainland） Youth Cinema  

作　　者：Changsong Wang Yiming Chen Rohani Hashim 

机构地区：[1]Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia [2]Jinan University, China

出　　处：《Sociology Study》2012年第6期437-444,共8页

摘　　要：This study＇s objective is to thoroughly analyze representations of teenage sexuality portrayed in two Chinese youths＇ films, which represent social, cultural, and historical diversities in China's Mainland, as well, to unfold some particular natures and trends of Chinese youth cinema in the context of globalization and internationalization. Content analysis and methodology of narrative explore the ideological nature of representations of youth as well as the interpretation of trends in Chinese youth cinema. This study argues the particular manners of representations of Chinese youth in the youths＇ films produced in China's Mainland, through distinct elements such as film properties, film discourse, and acting on set It will explain how functional and social category diversity, cultural diversity, and historical diversity derive the actuality in Chinese communities, and center on a series of sex-based issues that revel correlations between Chinese youths＇ ideology, psychology, and social construction. Including a discussion of technical factors, it defines the specific natures of Chinese youth cinema in the region based on fixed parameters of culture or ancestry that convey rhetorical messages to discover the characteristics of genre film so that the interpretation of the term ＂peers groups＂ represents the values and beliefs in modern Chinese society, thus presenting the exchange approaches which construct and validate the relationship among society, global film industry, young audience and film content.

关 键 词：Chinese youth youth cinema sexual representations youth socialisation People＇s Republic of China 

分 类 号：F127[经济管理—世界经济] J93[艺术—电影电视艺术]