Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
poverty, Chinese cinema, communist, poor, films
College
Humanities
Department
Asian and Near Eastern Languages
Abstract
After thirty-two years of Communist leadership, Chinese poverty levels reached an unprecedented high when in 1981, 85% of the People’s Republic of China lived in poverty1. In 2009, however, a report from the World Bank indicated that a mere 11.9% of China’s population fell below the poverty line.2 As poverty rates in China have fluctuated dramatically over the last sixty years, cultural, political, and societal perceptions of poverty have also changed. The current study analyzes perceptions of poverty, attributions for poverty, and solutions to poverty as depicted in Chinese cinema.
Recommended Citation
Moore, Anna and Riep, Dr. Steven
(2013)
"Depictions of Poverty in Chinese Cinema: Before and After 1949,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 644.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/644