Zhen, Zhang

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen - Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937 : Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937

List of Illustrations vi Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii PART ONE THE VERNACULAR SCENE Chapter 1 Vernacular Modernism and Cinematic Embodiment 1(41) Chapter 2 Worldly Shanghai, Metropolitan Spectators 42(47) Chapter 3 Teahouse, Shadowplay, and Laborer's Love 89(29) Chapter 4 Building a Film World: Distraction versus Education 118(33) PART TWO COMPETING MODERNS Chapter 5 Screenwriting, Trick Photography, and Melodramatic Retribution 151(48) Chapter 6 The Anarchic Body Language of the Martial Arts Film 199(45) Chapter 7 Fighting over the Modern Girl: Hard and Soft Films 244(54) Chapter 8 Song at Midnight: Acoustic Horror and the Grotesque Face of History 298(47) Envoi 345(6) Abbreviations 351(2) Notes 353(60) Glossary 413(10) Filmography 423(16) Bibliography 439(26) Index 465