Overview

The Chinese Cinema Book provides an essential guide to the cinemas of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese diaspora, from early cinema to the present day. With contributions from leading international scholars, the book is structured around five thematic sections: Territories, Trajectories, Historiographies; Early Cinema to 1949; The Forgotten Period: 1949–80; The New Waves; and Stars, Auteurs and Genres. This important collection addresses issues of film production and exhibition and places Chinese cinema in its national and transnational contexts. Individual chapters examine major film movements such as the Shanghai cinema of the 1930s, Fifth Generation film-makers and the Hong Kong New Wave, as well as key issues such as stars and auteurs. The book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars, as well as for anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of the cinemas of Greater China.

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9781844573455

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For a concise single volume book that provides all the core introductory material for those new to the field along with plenty of food-for-thought for the specialist, The Chinese Cinema Book sets a new standard and will likely become the preferred textbook for classes in Chinese film. -- Journal of Historical TV and Radio

For a concise single volume book that provides all the core introductory material for those new to the field along with plenty of food-for-thought for the specialist, The Chinese Cinema Book sets a new standard and will likely become the preferred textbook for classes in Chinese film.' - Journal of Historical TV and Radio

Author Information

SONG HWEE LIM is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of Celluloid Comrades: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas (2006), co-editor of Remapping World Cinema: Identity, Culture and Politics in Film (2006), and founding editor of the Journal of Chinese Cinemas. JULIAN WARD is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Chinese Cinemas.

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