This book uses the potent case study of contemporary Taiwanese queer romance films to address the question of how capitalism in Taiwan has privileged the film industry at the expense of the audience's freedom to choose and respond to culture on its own terms. Interweaving in-depth interviews wi...

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Main Author:	Mon, Ya-Feng (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2016
Series:	Asian visual cultures 1
Subjects:	Motion pictures / Taiwan Publikum Homosexualität > Motiv Liebesfilm Filmproduktion Taiwan
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	This book uses the potent case study of contemporary Taiwanese queer romance films to address the question of how capitalism in Taiwan has privileged the film industry at the expense of the audience's freedom to choose and respond to culture on its own terms. Interweaving in-depth interviews with filmmakers, producers, marketers, and spectators, Ya-Fong Mon takes a biopolitical approach to the question, showing how the industry uses investments in techno-science, ancillary marketing, and media convergence to seduce and control the sensory experience of the audience-yet that control only extends so far: volatility remains a key component of the film-going experience
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (214 Seiten)
ISBN:	9789048527526
DOI:	10.1017/9789048527526