The Production and Dissemination of"Youth Screen Culture"in Early Chinese Films(1913-1937)
Early Chinese films were the modernity space-time for observing Chinese youth.The emer-ging film medium opened up a new and growing public space for consuming youth and youth con-sumption,and it is an important media resource for studying the history of Chinese youth culture dis-semination during this period.This article places"youth"as a cultural concept within the perspec-tive of the early history of Chinese films,examines the interactive relationship between early film cre-ation and the concept of youth,and systematically analyzes the on-screen presentation characteristics of the"youth concept"in different periods and the ideological games behind them.It preliminarily reviews the value significance and practical influence of early Chinese films in the production and dissemination process of the"youth concept".Through sorting out the stage characteristics,construc-tion paths,practical influences and artistic expressions of the youth on-screen culture in early Chi-nese films,based on the theoretical thinking of"media-society-people",it is expected to summarize the positive significance and historical experience of early films for the production and dissemination of youth culture.