Hollywood and China in the Post-postclassical Era

This book examines the contemporary relationship between Hollywood and China as case studies that help to define a new era in Hollywood film industry, style, and economics, which is termed the "post-postclassical" period.

Autorentext

Lara Herring is a lecturer in the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford in the UK. Coming from a film production background, Lara's research is largely centred around film industry analysis, framed by cinematic geopolitics and the role of cinema in communicating national identity.

Inhalt

Introduction

1. Global Hollywood in the Post-postclassical Era: Soft Power, Culture, and Global Relations
2. Becoming Legendary: Selling the Thomas Tull Mythology
3. Legendary Goes East: 'China-focus' and 'China-strategy' in Post-postclassical Hollywood
4. Welcome to Chinawood? Navigating the Co-production Process in The Great Wall (2016)
5. Post-postclassical Hollywood and the 'Global Audience': The Marketing, Reception, and Lessons of The Great Wall (2016)
6. China and Hollywood Redux: Wanda's Acquisition of Legendary and the Fall Back of Hollywood-China Relations Conclusion