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The rise of independent documentary film production is the most radical development in the contemporary Chinese mediascape. This book is a sustained examination of Chinese independent documentary in relation to one of its central principles: xianchang, or being ´on the scene´.

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Acknowledgments Introduction Mapping Independent Chinese Documentary Metaphor and Event Time, Space and Movement Ethics, the Body and Digital Video Sound and Voice Conclusion Bibliography Films and Television Programmes Referenced Index

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´Luke Robinson´s Independent Chinese Documentary is the first monograph in English on this crucial cultural movement. Robinson sustains a beautifully clear argument for spontaneity and contingency as the key elements that make independent documentary the cultural response to China´s shift from socialist planning to citizen initiatives. Rigorously researched, it covers the entire twenty years of independent Chinese documentary in sophisticated yet lucid detail.´ - Chris Berry, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

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LUKE ROBINSON is a lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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