<DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 27.2pt"><I>Celluloid China: Cinematic Encounters with Culture and Society </I>by Harry H. Kuoshu is a lucid introduc­tion to the cinema of mainland China from the early 1930s to the early 1990s.</P><P class=p1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P><P class=p1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Emphasizing both film contexts and film texts, this study invites film scholars and students to a broad cinematic analysis that includes investigations of cultural, cross-cultural, intellectual, social, ethnic, and political issues. Such a holistic evaluation allows for a better understanding of both the genesis of a special kind of film art from the People's Republic of China and the culture exemplified in those films.</P><P class=p1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P><P class=p1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The fifteen films include: <I>Two Stage Sisters; Hibis­cus Town; Farewell My Concubine; Street Angel; Three </I><I>Women; Human, Woman, Demon; Judou; Girl from </I><I>Hunan</I><I>; Sacrificed Youth; Horse Thief; Yellow Earth; </I><I>Old Well; Red Sorghum; Black Cannon Incident; </I>and <I>Good Morning, Beijing.</I></P><P class=p1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P><P class=p1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Discussions of each film have an introduction, passages from the director's own notes whenever available, and a scholarly article. Discussion ques­tions are found in an appendix. Within its complete bibliography, the book also features a suggested read­ing list for Chinese film classes.</P><P class=p10 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I></I> </P><P class=p10 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>Celluloid China: Cinematic Encounters with Cul­ture and Society </I>is the first book to provide such an exhaustive study of the art and cultural context of Chinese cinema.</P></DIV></DIV>