Pema Tseden'sThe Search: the making of a minor cinema
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: This paper uses Deleuze and Guattari's concept of ‘minor’ to examine Pema Tseden's second full-length feature film, The Search. Expanding on Deleuze's definition of minor cinema, this paper shows how The Search, through various strategies and narrative devices, deconstructs the myth of a pre-existing Tibetan people, and builds upon individual and fragmented narratives to create a new collective subjectivity, thus opening the way for a new understanding of Tibet. This case study demonstrates how Pema Tseden's in-between position (between languages, cultures and geographical areas) permits him to develop a cinema that gives space for Tibetans to become, giving the viewer a rare insight into contemporary Tibet.
Source: Journal of Chinese Cinemas
Author: Vanessa Frangville
Institution: Université Libre de Bruxelles
Language: English
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2268963203