Commercializing ideologies [Elektronische Ressource] : intellectuals and cultural production at the Mingxing (Star) Motion Picture Company 1922 - 1938 / vorgelegt von Huang, Xuelei

Commercializing Ideologies Intellectuals and Cultural Production at the Mingxing (Star) Motion Picture Company 1922 - 1938 Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde an der Philosophischen Fakultät der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Institut für Sinologie vorgelegt von UANG Xuelei H July 2009 Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Barbara Mittler Dr. Anne Kerlan-Stephens For my parents, sister and 3-year-old niece CONTENTS Figures and Charts ii Conventions and Abbreviations ii Acknowledgements iv Introduction 1 Part I The Institution Chapter 1 The Institutional History 21 1.1 1922: A panorama 22 1.2 Chronicling the History of Mingxing 29 Part II The Producers Chapter 2 Yuanhu 鴛蝴/Zuoyi 左翼/GMD 國民黨: The Standard Story 56 2.1 "Yuanyang hudie pai 鴛鴦蝴蝶派" 56 2.2 "Zuoyi 左翼" 602.3 "GMD hack writers 國民黨御用文人" 69 Chapter 3 Cultural Professionals at Mingxing (I): Founding Members and Creative Staff in the 1920s 73 3.1 The Five "Tiger Generals" Hujiang 虎將 73 3.2 Bao Tianxiao and Hong Shen 88 3.3 Popular writers and journalists at Mingxing: A portrait 96 Chapter 4 Cultural Professionals at Mingxing (II): Creative Staff in the 1930s 103 4.1 A Changing Ecology of the Film World in the Early 1930s 4.