Melodrama and Asian cinema / Wimal Dissanayake, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dissanayake, Wimal.

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Asia.

Motion pictures.

Asia.

Melodrama in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

ix, 281 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Summary:

Cinema is a dominant force in the lives of many people living in Asia, a continent that has a number of distinguished national film industries. A concept central to much of Asian film production is melodrama. This path-breaking study examines the importance of melodrama in the film traditions of Japan, India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Australia. Exploring with theoretical sophistication the various ways that melodrama operates, the essays contained in this volume shed light on the different traditions of Asian cinema, as well as on the wider cultural discourse in which they participate.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

ISBN:

0521414652

OCLC:

26160021