Hong Kong cinema and Sinophone transnationalisms /
Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms explores the intricate complexity of selected films and film-making practices from 1930s Hong Kong (and Shanghai) to the later 'new wave' phenomenon of the 1980s. The result is a Sinophone cinema that created some very different ways of unde...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021] |
| Series: | Edinburgh studies in East Asian film.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms explores the intricate complexity of selected films and film-making practices from 1930s Hong Kong (and Shanghai) to the later 'new wave' phenomenon of the 1980s. The result is a Sinophone cinema that created some very different ways of understanding 'China' and 'Chineseness', developing their own 'cosmopolitan dreaming' within the cultural and economic changes of those times. Exploring sinification and its multiple manifestations in film, the book examines cinematic genres including Huangmei Opera films, qiqing (strange or queer romance) films, fanchuaners (professional cross-sex performers) in film, Hong Kong's Bond Movies (bangpian), erotic (fengyue) films, and New Wave Hong Kong cinema. In doing so, this book lays fruitful foundations for further understanding the development and changing faces of Hong Kong films and sinophone transnationalism in the even more complex and changing times of today. No detailed description available for "Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms". |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-333), filmography (pages 285-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474476386 1474476384 9781474476393 1474476392 |