Deathsong of the River: A Reader's Guide to the Chinese TV Series Heshang

Perhaps the most daring TV documentary series ever produced in mainland China, which directly affected the thinking of Chinese youth on the eve of the 1989 democracy movement. This richly-annotated translation of the original filmscript by Su Xiaokang and Wang Luxiang puts the series in its intellectual and artistic context and is suitable for use in classes on Chinese culture and contemporary China, with or without the videotape.

Author: Xiaokang Su, Luxiang Wang
Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series
Published: 03/31/2010
Pages: 370
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.68h x 5.94w x 0.95d
ISBN13: 9780939657544
ISBN10: 0939657546
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | China
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Performing Arts | Film | Genres | Documentary

About the Author

Richard W. Bodman and Pin P. Wan teach Chinese language, literature, and Asian studies at St. Olaf College in Minnesota.