Yuda Feng

My current thesis examines the experiences of money and capital in Chinese cinema since 1992. I argue that money on screen manifests the felt realities of social change as China transitions to a market economy. My focus is on the films that depict the experiences of money as part of subject formation of the rich (Ch.1) and the poor (Ch.2), as well as the ways in which the melodramatic patterning around money (Ch. 3) and the cinematic spectacles of money (Ch. 4) serve as sources of cinematic entertainment in contemporary movie culture. Collectively, my research demonstrates that the cinematic experiences of money modulate the assemblage of cinematic images, as well as the bodies and subjectivities in film, in various specific patterns.

I am a teaching assistant in the department of film studies and the department of culture, media and creative industries at King's. I am also a student representative with duties of organising annual Work-in-Progress conference in the department of film studies. 

Chinese cinemas; Affect studies; Screen cultures; Media and communication studies; Film theory and film-philosophy