Hong Kong connections :: transnational imagination in action cinema /

Since the 1960s, Hong Kong cinema has helped to shape one of the world's most popular cultural genres: action cinema. Hong Kong action films have proved popular over the decades with audiences worldwide, and they have seized the imaginations of filmmakers working in many different cultural trad...

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Weitere Verfasser: Morris, Meaghan (HerausgeberIn), Li, Siu Leung, 1958- (HerausgeberIn), Chan, Stephen Ching-kiu (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham : Hong Kong : Duke University Press ; Hong Kong University Press, 2005.
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Zusammenfassung:Since the 1960s, Hong Kong cinema has helped to shape one of the world's most popular cultural genres: action cinema. Hong Kong action films have proved popular over the decades with audiences worldwide, and they have seized the imaginations of filmmakers working in many different cultural traditions and styles. How do we account for this appeal, which changes as it crosses national borders?Hong Kong Connections brings leading film scholars together to explore the circulation of Hong Kong cinema in Japan, Korea, India, Australia, France, and the United States, as well as its links with Taiwan, Singapore, and the Chinese mainland. In the process, this collection examines diverse cultural contexts for action cinema's popularity and the problems involved in the transnational study of globally popular forms, suggesting that in order to grasp the history of Hong Kong action cinema's influence we need to bring out the differences as well as the links that constitute popularity.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 343 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Auszeichnungen:Choice's outstanding academic title, 2006.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789882201583
988220158X
1282704443
9781282704442
9786612704444
6612704446

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