| Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China: Kaleidoscopic Histories Contributor(s): Yeh, Emilie Yueh-Yu (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0472073729 ISBN-13: 9780472073726 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $64.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Film & Video - History | Asia - China - Performing Arts | Film - General |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2017052565 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.65 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume features new work on cinema in early twentieth-century Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China. Looking beyond relatively well-studied cities like Shanghai, these essays foreground cinema's relationship with imperialism and colonialism and emphasize the rapid development of cinema as a sociocultural institution. These essays examine where films were screened; how cinema-going as a social activity adapted from and integrated with existing social norms and practices; the extent to which Cantonese opera and other regional performance traditions were models for the development of cinematic conventions; the role foreign films played in the development of cinema as an industry in the Republican era; and much more. |