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A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema
Contributor(s): Cheung, Esther M. K. (Editor), Marchetti, Gina (Editor), Yau, Esther C. M. (Editor)
ISBN: 0470659289     ISBN-13: 9780470659281
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $208.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 791.430
LCCN: 2015004135
Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.6" W x 9.7" (2.50 lbs) 640 pages
 
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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