The Postsocialist Working Class
The Postsocialist Working Class
Male Heroes in Jia Zhangke’s Films
This chapter is a study of the portrayal of male characters in Jia Zhangke’s films. These films describe ordinary Chinese people caught in a historic yet troubled transition from a socialist planned economy to a capitalist market economy. Male heroes (or anti-heroes) are central characters in Jia’s films. The filmic depiction of Chinese masculinity in crisis partakes of a more general description of the aspirations as well as grievances of a whole generation of people in postsocialist China.
Keywords: Jia Zhangke, postsocialism, working class, masculinity
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