Themes in Chinese Communist Films

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American AnthropologistVolume 68, Issue 2 p. 477-484 Free Access THEMES IN CHINESE COMMUNIST FILMS1 JOHN H. WEAKLAND, JOHN H. WEAKLAND Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author JOHN H. WEAKLAND, JOHN H. WEAKLAND Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author First published: April 1966 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1966.68.2.02a00150Citations: 4 1 The gathering of data for this study was assisted by Studies in International Conflict and Integration, Stanford University, and their analysis by Contract N60530-11070 from the United States Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL REFERENCES CITED Bateson, Gregory 1943 Cultural and thematic analysis of fictional films. Transactions of the New York Academy of Science, Ser. Ii, 5, No. 4, 72– 78. Bateson, Gregory 1945 An analysis of the film Hitlerjunge Quex. New York, Institute for Intercultural Studies, 1945 (mimeo). Belo, Jane 1953 The father figure in Panique. In M. Mead and R. Metraux (eds.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Benedict, Ruth 1946 The chrysanthemum and the sword. Boston, Houghton Mifflin. Erickson, Erik H. 1950 The legend of Maxim Gorky's youth (a study of the Soviet film, The Childhood of Maxim Gorky). In Childhood and society. New York, W. W. Norton. Gorer, Geoffrey 1953 Notes on La Belle et la Bête. In M. Mead and R. Metraux (eds.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Haley, Jay D. 1953 Communication and the film, a content analysis of “David and Bathesheba” Stanford University ( M.A. Thesis). Honigmann, J. and Van Doorslaer, M. 1955 Some themes from Indian film reviews. Studies in Pakistan national culture, No. 2. Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina, 1955 (mimeo). Kracauer, S. 1947 From Caligari to Hitler. Princeton, Princeton University Press. Mead, M. 1953 Plot summary of the Soviet film The Young Guard, In M. Mead and R. Metraux (eds.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Meadow, Arnold 1944 An analysis of Japanese character structure (Based on Japanese film plots and Thematic Apperception Tests). New York, Institute for Intercultural Studies, (mimeo). Metraux, Rhoda 1953 Introduction to “Five examples of film analaysis” In M. Mead and R. Metraux (eds.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Schwartz, Vera 1953 Comparison of the film and novel of The Young Guard. In M. Mead and R. Metraux (eds.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Weakland, J. H. 1953a An analysis of seven Cantonese films. In M. Mead and R. Metraux (eds.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Wolfenstein, Martha 1953a Movie analysis in the study of culture. In M. Mead and R. Metraux (eds.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Wolfenstein, Martha 1953b Notes on an Italian film, The Tragic Hunt. In M. Mead and R. Metraux (eds.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Wolfenstein, Martha, and Leites, N. 1950 Movies: a psychological study. Glencoe, Ill., The Free Press. Wolfenstein, Martha, and Leites, N. 1954 Plot and character in selected French films. In R. Metraux and M. Mead (eds.), Themes in French culture. Stanford, California, Stanford University Press. Wolfenstein, Martha, and Leites, N. 1955 Trends in French films. Journal of Social Issues 11, No. 2: 42– 51. (2) Chinese and Chinese Communist Patterns. Bunzel, R. and Weakland, J. H. 1952 An anthropological approach to Chinese communism. New York, Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures (mimeo). Weakland, J. H. 1950 The organization of action in Chinese culture. Psychiatry 13: 361– 70. Weakland, J. H. 1953b Chinese family images in international affairs. In M. Mead and R. Metraux (ed.), The study of culture at a distance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Weakland, J. H. 1956a Lusin's Ah Q; a rejected image of Chinese character. Pacific Spectator 10: 137– 146. Weakland, J. H. 1956b Orality in Chinese conceptions of male genital sexuality. Psychiatry 19: 237– 247. Weakland, J. H. 1958 Family imagery in a passage by Mao Tse-tung: a study in psycho-cultural method. World Politics 10: 387– 107. Citing Literature Volume68, Issue2April 1966Pages 477-484 ReferencesRelatedInformation