Renegotiating Film Genres In East Asian Cinemas And Beyond

Author : Lin Feng,James Aston
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030550776

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Renegotiating Film Genres in East Asian Cinemas and Beyond by Lin Feng,James Aston Pdf

This book brings together nine original chapters to examine genre agency in East Asian cinema within the transnational context. It addresses several urgent and pertinent issues such as the distribution and exhibition practices of East Asian genre films, intra-regional creative flow of screen culture, and genre’s creative response to censorship. The volume expands the scholarly discussion of the rich heritage and fast-changing landscape of filmmaking in East Asian cinemas. Confronting the complex interaction between genres, filmic narrative and aesthetics, film history and politics, and cross-cultural translation, this book not only reevaluates genre’s role in film production, distribution, and consumption, but also tackles several under-explored areas in film studies and transnational cinema, such as the history of East Asian commercial cinema, the East Asian film industry, and cross-media and cross-market film dissemination.

Author : Clelia Clini,Rohit K. Dasgupta,Yanling Yang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000488500

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South and East Asian Cinemas Across Borders by Clelia Clini,Rohit K. Dasgupta,Yanling Yang Pdf

This edited volume focuses on South and East Asian cinema, exploring transnational connections between these film industries from the point of view of narratives, topics and themes, as well as in terms of co-productions. At a time of resurgent nationalisms and increasing fortifications of (actual and symbolic) borders, the chapters in this book explore cinematic work that challenge these boundaries and promote a reflection on the social, cultural, political and economic value of international exchanges and collaborations within the context of Asia. Indeed, notwithstanding the aforementioned tendency to implement border policing and the revival of nationalist sentiments, South and East Asian cinemas retain a strong transnational character, as not only genres and themes are borrowed and exchanged across borders, but also the popularity of the Indian, Chinese and Korean film industries extend well beyond their national borders – within Asia as well as in the West. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Transnational Screens.

Author : Dong Hoon Kim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:555237487

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Transnationalism and Film Genres in East Asian Cinema by Dong Hoon Kim Pdf

Author : Ken Provencher,Mike Dillon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501319662

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Exploiting East Asian Cinemas by Ken Provencher,Mike Dillon Pdf

From the 1970s onward, “exploitation cinema” as a concept has circulated inside and outside of East Asian nations and cultures in terms of aesthetics and marketing. However, crucial questions about how global networks of production and circulation alter the identity of an East Asian film as “mainstream” or as “exploitation” have yet to be addressed in a comprehensive way. Exploiting East Asian Cinemas serves as the first authoritative guide to the various ways in which contemporary cinema from and about East Asia has trafficked across the somewhat-elusive line between mainstream and exploitation. Focusing on networks of circulation, distribution, and reception, this collection treats the exploitation cinemas of East Asia as mobile texts produced, consumed, and in many ways re-appropriated across national (and hemispheric) boundaries. As the processes of globalization have decoupled products from their nations of origin, transnational taste cultures have declared certain works as “art” or “trash,” regardless of how those works are received within their native locales. By charting the routes of circulation of notable films from Japan, China, and South Korea, this anthology contributes to transnationally-accepted formulations of what constitutes “East Asian exploitation cinema.”

Author : Stephen Teo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780415571463

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The Asian Cinema Experience by Stephen Teo Pdf

This book explores the range and dynamism of contemporary Asian cinemas, covering East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia), South Asia (Bollywood), and West Asia (Iran), in order to discover what is common about them and to engender a theory or concept of "Asian Cinema". It goes beyond existing work which provides a field survey of Asian cinema, probing more deeply into the field of Asian Cinema, arguing that Asian Cinema constitutes a separate pedagogical subject, and putting forward an alternative cinematic paradigm. The book covers "styles", including the works of classical Asian Cinema masters, and specific genres such as horror films, and Bollywood and Anime, two very popular modes of Asian Cinema; "spaces", including artistic use of space and perspective in Chinese cinema, geographic and personal space in Iranian cinema, the private "erotic space" of films from South Korea and Thailand, and the persistence of the family unit in the urban spaces of Asian big cities in many Asian films; and "concepts" such as Pan-Asianism, Orientalism, Nationalism and Third Cinema. The rise of Asian nations on the world stage has been coupled with a growing interest, both inside and outside Asia, of Asian culture, of which film is increasingly an indispensable component - this book provides a rich, insightful overview of what exactly constitutes Asian Cinema.

Author : V. Lee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230307186

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East Asian Cinemas by V. Lee Pdf

This book is an original volume of essays that sheds new and critical light on current and emerging filmmaking trends and practices in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. A timely and important contribution to existing scholarship in the field.

Author : Leon Hunt,Leung Wing-Fai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857736369

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East Asian Cinemas by Leon Hunt,Leung Wing-Fai Pdf

Cinemas from East Asia are among the most exciting and influential in the world. They are attracting popular and critical attention on a global scale, with films from the region circulating as art house, cult, blockbuster and 'extreme' cinema, or as Hollywood remakes. This book explores developments in the global popularity of East Asian cinema, from Chinese martial arts, through Japanese horror, to the burgeoning new Korean cinema, with particular emphasis on crossovers, remakes, hybrids and co-productions. It examines changing cinematic traditions in Asia alongside the 'Asianisation' of western cinema. It explores the dialogue not only between 'East' and 'West', but between different cinemas in the Asia Pacific. What do these trends mean for global cinema? How are co-productions and crossover films changing the nature of Hollywood and East Asian cinemas? The book includes in-depth studies of Park Chan-wook, 'Infernal Affairs', 'Seven Samurai', and 'Princess Mononoke'.

Author : F. Chan,A. Karpovich,X. Zhang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230301900

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Genre in Asian Film and Television by F. Chan,A. Karpovich,X. Zhang Pdf

Genre in Asian Film and Television takes a dynamic approach to the study of Asian screen media previously under-represented in academic writing. It combines historical overviews of developments within national contexts with detailed case studies on the use of generic conventions and genre hybridity in contemporary films and television programmes.

Author : Michael Samuel,Louisa Mitchell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031093746

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Streaming and Screen Culture in Asia-Pacific by Michael Samuel,Louisa Mitchell Pdf

This book is an interdisciplinary collection exploring the impact of emergent technologies on the production, distribution and reception of media content in the Asia-Pacific region. Exploring case studies from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand and Australia, as well as American co-productions, this collection takes a Cultural Studies approach to the constantly evolving ways of accessing and interacting with visual content. The study of the social and technological impact of online on-demand services is a burgeoning field of investigation, dating back to the early-2010s. This project will be a valuable update to existing conversations, and a cornerstone for future discussions about topics such as online technologies, popular culture, soft power, and social media.

Author : Chi-Yun Shin,Mark Gallagher
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1780760086

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East Asian Film Noir by Chi-Yun Shin,Mark Gallagher Pdf

Film noir is often known as a Hollywood genre. But the downbeat sensibility of classic American noir also finds expression in later films from Japan, South Korea and greater China (including Hong Kong) that both participate in and are excluded from circuits of global noir traffic, past and present. This book explores these films and the firmmakers who make them. Looking at a range of examples from the 1950s to the present, it conceptualizes and articulates an internationally situated 'East Asian film noir'. In doing so, it offers fascinating insights into the terms on which national, regional and transnational cinemas conceive artistic expression.

Author : Jeff Kyong-McClain,Russell Meeuf,Jing Jing Chang
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789888528530

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Chinese Cinema by Jeff Kyong-McClain,Russell Meeuf,Jing Jing Chang Pdf

In Chinese Cinema: Identity, Power, and Globalization, a variety of scholars explore the history, aesthetics, and politics of Chinese cinema as the Chinese film industry grapples with its place as the second largest film industry in the world. Exploring the various ways that Chinese cinema engages with global politics, market forces, and film cultures, this edited volume places Chinese cinema against an array of contexts informing the contours of Chinese cinema today. The book also demonstrates that Chinese cinema in the global context is informed by the intersections and tensions found in Chinese and world politics, national and international co-productions, the local and global in representing Chineseness, and the lived experiences of social and political movements versus screened politics in Chinese film culture. This work is a pioneer investigation of the topic and will inspire future research by other scholars of film studies. “This edited volume offers a much-needed account of alternative ways of envisioning Chinese cinema in the special context of China and the world. Its vigorous theoretical framework, which puts emphasis on interactions in the context of China and the world, will complement and update publications in related areas.” —Yiu-Wai Chu, The University of Hong Kong; author of Main Melody Films: Hong Kong Directors in Mainland China “Chinese Cinema: Identity, Power, and Globalization offers a collection of studies of modern Chinese films and their global connections, with a contemporary emphasis. Its authors’ insightful analyses of films—famous, obscure, and new to the twenty-first-century screen—elucidate numerous contextual factors relevant for understanding the history and aesthetics of Chinese cinemas.” —Christopher Rea, The University of British Columbia; author of Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949

Author : Yves Gambier,Haina Jin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781040010822

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Chinese Films Abroad by Yves Gambier,Haina Jin Pdf

This book examines Chinese films made and shown abroad roughly between the 1920s and the 2020s, from the beginning of the international exchange of the Chinese national film industry to the emergence of the concept of soft power. The periodisation of Chinese cinema(s) does not necessarily match the political periods: on the one hand, the technical development of the film industry and the organisation of translation in China, and on the other hand, official relations with China and translation policies abroad impose different constraints on the circulation of Chinese films. This volume deals with the distribution and translation of films from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora. To this end, the contributors address various issues related to the circulation and distribution of Chinese films, including co- productions, agents of exchange, and modes of translation. The approach is a mixture of socio- cultural and translational methods. The data collected provides, for the first time, a quantitative overview of the circulation of Chinese films in a dozen foreign countries. The book will greatly interest scholars and students of Chinese cinema, translation studies, and China studies.

Author : Andrew David Jackson,Michael Gibb,Dave White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132195376

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How East Asian Films are Reshaping National Identities by Andrew David Jackson,Michael Gibb,Dave White Pdf

This collection of essays explores the mosaic of East Asian cinema by focusing on issues of identity, history and trans-regional cultural flow within this dynamic region. The argument of the editors is firstly, cinematic cross-pollination within East Asian film has been a constant since 1945, and second, any discussion of the complex identity of East Asia and its national cinemas must consider regional historical issues. These arguments run counter to recent literature published in the field of East Asian cinema that claim responses to Western globalization and modernization are the shaping forces for Asian cultural identity.

Author : Eyal Ben-Ari,Heung-Wah Wong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000509441

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Cultural Intermediaries in East Asian Film Industries by Eyal Ben-Ari,Heung-Wah Wong Pdf

This book explores the roles cultural intermediaries play in East Asian cinema. Based on extensive original research, and viewing cinema from the social science perspective which emphasizes the social processes entailed in the cultural production, circulation, and consumption of films and the social relations they involve, rather than studying films as texts, the book examines issues such as the differences between individual and collective intermediaries, the diverse resources and services that they mediate, their social background and targeted audiences, and the political implications of their work. One important conclusion is that cultural intermediaries have been central to creating the whole "idea" of East Asian cinema.

Author : Yau Shuk-ting, Kinnia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230339507

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East Asian Cinema and Cultural Heritage by Yau Shuk-ting, Kinnia Pdf

How do East Asian cultural heritages in shape film? How are these legacies being revived, or even re-created, by contemporary filmmakers? This collection examines the dynamic interactions between East Asian culture heritages and cinemas in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.