Ideology and Utopia in China's New Wave Cinema investigates the ways
in which New Wave filmmakers represent China in this age of neoliberal
reform. Analyzing this paradigm shift in independent cinema, this text
explores the historicity of the cinematic form and its
cultural-political visions. Through a close reading of the narrative
strategy of key films in New Wave Cinema, Xiaoping Wang studies the
movement's impact on film, literature, culture and politics.