Contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction
  3. 1 Screen Narration in a Time of Bringing Order out of Chaos
  4. 2 Mainstream Cultural Trends in Chinese Films of the 1980s
  5. 3 Reshaping China: Characters in Chinese Films of the 1980s
  6. 4 Images of Knowledge and Intellectuals in Chinese Films of the 1980s
  7. 5 Confusions of Reality: Variations of the Age of Innocence
  8. Conclusion
  9. Index