Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2010. / Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 86 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Les tabous et l’autocensure : la sexualité, la violence et le politiquement correct dans les films de Zhang YimouDans un film, la sexualité, la violence et le politiquement correct sont toujours les tabous qu’il faut traiter avec précaution. Malgré la mise en place de la classification cinématographique au monde occidental, le législateur s’empare quand même du contrôle des films au nom de la protection de la jeunesse, pas davantage en République populaire de Chine, le pouvoir communiste qui reste encore au XXIe siècle un régime autoritaire, a le pouvoir absolu des autocrates sur la création artistique. Par là, les tabous, en particulier le politiquement correct, sont interdits de toucher, et la censure omniprésente s’accompagne toujours du processus de la production du film, dont la conception du plan, la genèse du scénario, la réalisation, et la diffusion, provoque le réalisateur à faire l’autocensure lors de la création cinématographique.En tant que leader des cinéastes chinois à notre époque, Zhang Yimou est plutôt un signe légendaire qui témoigne du développement du film chinois, et ses œuvres abondantes, tant en quantité qu’en diversité, servent d’un objet parfait à l’analyse. La plupart de ses œuvres se réalisent à l’aide de l’adaptation cinématographique du texte. Par là, un contraste entre les deux modes d’expression, celui du récit et celui d’audiovisuel, met en relief l’altérité qui nous permet d’avancer notre étude sur la mise en scène de la sexualité, de la violence et du politiquement correct sur l’écran et l’autocensure de notre réalisateur lors de la création cinématographique.Notre étude se propose d’analyser le traitement des tabous par Zhang Yimou au cours de la création cinématographique dans le but de contourner la censure des autorités. Trois axes principaux de recherche ont été privilégiés dans ce travail : l’analyse de la censure cinématographique, son histoire, ses lois et règlements en droit du film, l’analyse de l’interview de Zhang Yimou à la télévision, et à la description de ses coopérateurs, et l’analyse en détail des œuvres filmiques de Zhang Yimou. / Taboos and self-censorship : Sexuality, violence and political correctness in Zhang Yimou’s filmsIn a movie, sex, violence, and political correctness are often taboos. These taboos need to be handled with caution. Although the film grading system in Western countries has been established, those legislators still use cessation as an excuse to control the film in order to protect the minors. Moreover, as far as the People’s Republic of China is concerned, as one of the few remaining authoritarian regimes in the 21st century, the Communist regime has absolute arbitrary control over artistic creation. Therefore, these taboos, especially political correctness, are not allowed to touch. The ubiquitous review is often accompanied by the entire process of film production, which involves conception, script-writing, filming, and distribution, prompting the director to constantly self-censorize the film and television creationg process.As the leader of the contemporary Chinese film, Zhang Yimou is almost a legendary symbol, he witnessed the development of Chinese film. And his rich works, both in quantity and diversity, are undoubtedly the perfect research subject. Most of his works are derived from the adaptation of literature to film. The two different expression modes of literature and film, one is the textual expression, and the other is the audiovisual presentation, which forms a sharp contrast. The contrast helps us to study how to present sexuality, violence, and political correctness on the screen, as well as the director’s self-censorship during film-making.Our research focuses on analyzing that how Zhang Yimou is handling of thses taboos in the film-making process, thus avoiding the review of those in power. This paper mainly cuts into three latitudes: Firstly, for the study of film censorship, the study of its history, legal rules and articles. Secondly, the analysis of Zhang Yimou’s TV interviews and the descriptions of his collaborators, and finally a detailed and indepth analysis of Zhang Yimou’s works.

Thesis (B.A.)--Bi-College (Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges) Dept. of East Asian Studies, 2008. / Title from caption. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed Jun 4, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Filmography : p. 264-270. Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-284).

Thesis(M.A.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006.

This thesis examines the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, which was an unprecedented effort by the Chinese Party-state to reinvent Chinese national culture for consumption at home and abroad. Director Zhang Yimou delivered a spectacular event – three-thousand chanting Confucian scholars, two-thousand Ming Dynasty sailors, a grid of giant dancing printing blocks and an endless display of fireworks presented a sensational spectacle of Chinese culture and history. How should we interpret these symbols representing a romantic Chinese past? I argue that the “ancient” history on display in the Opening Ceremony is actually a product of China’s recent past: its interactions with the West, revolution, nationalism and communism, and the turn toward capitalism and authoritarianism. This thesis pulls the Opening Ceremony back into this historical context, closely examining three of its most prominent symbols: Zheng He and his voyages to the Indian Ocean, the Four Great Inventions, and Confucius. My results show that, 1) far from being a product of China’s history alone, these symbols are a co-production of China and the West, in which both identities were mutually constituted; 2) they are created in the context of political power, and take on different meanings in response to political shifts; 3) they suggest a state desire for power and status rather than simply a revival of cultural heritage. This research will contribute to an understanding of the modern political uses of Chinese history. / Graduate

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As the twentieth century ended with globalization and commercialization, popular culture begins to challenge the dominance of national culture. The Chinese intellectual community tries to defend national culture against the incoming global culture and local cultures. The conflicts between localism and nationalism, and also between globalism and nationalism, are clearly demonstrated in the Hero phenomenon, which basically concerns the unanimous disparagement on director Zhang Yimou's debut martial arts film Hero within the Chinese critics' circle. Through a discursive analysis of the phenomenon, we can see how the conflicts between modernism and postmodernism, between elitism and commercialism shape the landscape of contemporary Chinese culture. In this article, I first seek to understand how modernism evolved into nationalism in China during the last century and what role the intelligentsia played in the process of such evolvement. I further seek to understand why the intellectual community has distaste for popular culture and commercialism. Other research on this topic has linked nationalism to national culture, and localism and globalism to popular culture.

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