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Image Reconstruction and the Reflection of Values in the Formation of National Traumatic Memories: A Review of Recent Anti-Japanese War Films and Teleplays in China

  • GAI Qi
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  • Institute for Cultural Studies, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100089, China

Published date: 10 Jul 2015

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2014 Higher Education Press and Brill

Abstract

The cosmopolitan cultural behaviors employed by war films and teleplays in the reconstruction of national traumatic memories are worthy of understanding and respect. However, in present-day China, the quantity of Anti-Japanese War films and teleplays is abnormally high, and their values deeply enmeshed in a radical nationalism. The result is a general trend towards a “carnival of vengeful images.” Given the potential harms implicit in this situation, the question of just what kind of war narratives are appropriate for the contemporary circumstances of globalization should receive serious attention and reconsideration from society at large.

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GAI Qi . Image Reconstruction and the Reflection of Values in the Formation of National Traumatic Memories: A Review of Recent Anti-Japanese War Films and Teleplays in China[J]. Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 2015 , 9(2) : 306 -317 . DOI: 10.3868/s010-004-015-0013-7

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