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A Companion to Chinese Cinema is a collection of original essays written by experts in a range of disciplines that provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution and current state of Chinese cinema.

• Represents the most comprehensive coverage of Chinese cinema to date
• Applies a multidisciplinary approach that maps the expanding field of Chinese cinema in bold and definitive ways
• Draws attention to previously neglected areas such as diasporic filmmaking, independent documentary, film styles and techniques, queer aesthetics, star studies, film and other arts or media
• Features several chapters that explore China's new market economy, government policy, and industry practice, placing the intricate relationship between film and politics in a historical and international context
• Includes overviews of Chinese film studies in Chinese and English publications

Yingjin Zhang is Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at University of California, San Diego, and Visiting Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. He is the author of The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film (1996), Screening China (2002), Chinese National Cinema (2004), and Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China (2010); co-author of Encyclopedia of Chinese Film (1998); editor of China in a Polycentric World (1998) and Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943 (1999); and co-editor of From Underground to Independent (2006) and Chinese Film Stars (2010).