Companion to Hong Kong Cinema
by Esther M.K. Cheung, Gina Marchetti, Esther C.M. Yau, David Desser, Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong, Evans Chan, Stephen Yiu-wai Chu, Helen Hok-sze Leung, Audrey Yue, Shu-mei Shih, Paul Bowman, Tony Williams, Natalia Siu-hung Chan, Kin-Yan Szeto, Gary Bettinson, Fiona Yuk-Wa Law, Bliss Cua Lim, Giorgio Biancorosso, Linda Chiu-Han Lai, Yingjin Zhang, Vivian P.Y. Lee, Ain-ling Wong, Ian Aitken, Kwai-Cheung Lo, Mike Ingham, Marco Wan, Stephen Ching-kiu Chan, Mirana May Szeto, Yun-Chung Chen, Sheldon Lu, Olivia Khoo, Kimburley Wing-Yee Choi, Steve Fore
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- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- ISBN
- 9780470659281
About this book
A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema provides the first comprehensive scholarly exploration of this unique global cinema. By embracing the interdisciplinary approach of contemporary film and cultural studies, this collection navigates theoretical debates while charting a new course for future research in Hong Kong film. Examines Hong Kong cinema within an interdisciplinary context, drawing connections between media, gender, and Asian studies, Asian regional studies, Chinese language and cultural studies, global studies, and critical theory Highlights the often contentious debates that shape current thinking about film as a medium and its possible future Investigates how changing research on gender, the body, and sexual orientation alter the ways in which we analyze sexual difference in Hong Kong cinema Charts how developments in theories of colonialism, postcolonialism, globalization, neoliberalism, Orientalism, and nationalism transform our understanding of the economics and politics of the Hong Kong film industry Explores how the concepts of diaspora, nostalgia, exile, and trauma offer opportunities to rethink accepted ways of understanding Hong Kong’s popular cinematic genres and stars
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