Journal
GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 85-108Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1742766515626831
Keywords
Bourdieu; China; field theory; film; globalization; media institutions; political economy
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16K03822] Funding Source: KAKEN
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By putting to work Pierre Bourdieu's approach to the 'field of cultural production', I analyze interactions of politics and economy as they play out in what I call the 'contemporary Chinese cinematic field'. How has the Chinese field of film production emerged, stabilized and changed in the era of Reform and Opening? Through archival data and in-depth interviews, I answer the question by discussing four sub-fields of film production, namely political 'main melody film', commercial film, 'international Chinese film' and independent film. How has globalization affected the transformation of the cinematic field? Contra Bourdieu's emphasis on the weakening autonomy of various national social fields under globalization, I highlight the processes through which globalization is appropriated by social actors in the cinematic field to alter domestic power relations. This article moves towards a better understanding of the field of cultural production amidst global linkages and national refractions.
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