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Hailing the Crowds in Post-1949 China: The Masses (Qunzhong) and the People (Renmin) Hailing the Crowds in Post-1949 China: The Masses (Qunzhong) and the People (Renmin)
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The Leader and the Led in Crazy English The Leader and the Led in Crazy English
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Last Train Home: Humanizing the Crowds Last Train Home: Humanizing the Crowds
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Bibliography Bibliography
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4 The Spectacular Crowd: Representing the Masses in DV Documentary
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Published:May 2015
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Abstract
This chapter investigates the politics and ethics of representing crowds in contemporary DV documentaries. Situating the politics and aesthetics of crowd representation in contemporary China within the political history of representing the masses, this chapter evaluates the ability of digital technology to represent the crowd. A central argument is that the convenience afforded by the new media does not automatically change the ethical conundrum encountered by socialist politics and aesthetics. Rather, as we can see from the works of independent documentary filmmakers from Zhang Yuan to Fan Lixin and Ai Xiaoming, the crowd can be easily rendered into an impersonal spectacle or a group of blind imitators, regardless of the technology used to create these representations. The privileged position given to the leader of the crowd leads us to reflect on the subject position of the filmmaker in the rapidly changing the social landscape of China.
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