New Hong Kong Cinema: transitions to becoming Chinese in 21st-century East Asia
New Hong Kong Cinema: transitions to becoming Chinese in 21st-century East Asia
The trajectory of Hong Kong films had been drastically affected long before the city’s official sovereignty transfer from the British to the Chinese in 1997. The change in course has become more visible in recent years as China has aggressively developed its national film industry and assumed the role of powerhouse in East Asia’s cinematic landscape. The author introduces the 'Cinema of Transitions' to study the New Hong Kong Cinema and on- and off-screen life against this background. Using examples from the 1980s to the present, this book offers a fresh perspective on how Hong Kong-related Chinese-language films, filmmakers, audiences, and the workings of film business in East Asia have become major platforms on which 'transitions' are negotiated.
film and media, general cultural studies
978-1-78238-703-9
Cheung, Ruby
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November 2015
Cheung, Ruby
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Cheung, Ruby
(2015)
New Hong Kong Cinema: transitions to becoming Chinese in 21st-century East Asia
,
New York City, US.
Berghahn Books, 288pp.
Abstract
The trajectory of Hong Kong films had been drastically affected long before the city’s official sovereignty transfer from the British to the Chinese in 1997. The change in course has become more visible in recent years as China has aggressively developed its national film industry and assumed the role of powerhouse in East Asia’s cinematic landscape. The author introduces the 'Cinema of Transitions' to study the New Hong Kong Cinema and on- and off-screen life against this background. Using examples from the 1980s to the present, this book offers a fresh perspective on how Hong Kong-related Chinese-language films, filmmakers, audiences, and the workings of film business in East Asia have become major platforms on which 'transitions' are negotiated.
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Published date: November 2015
Keywords:
film and media, general cultural studies
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Film
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Local EPrints ID: 382884
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/382884
ISBN: 978-1-78238-703-9
PURE UUID: 35b4bf70-12bf-4e67-a63c-f31a3684f396
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