Contemporary Asian cinema : popular culture in a global frame / edited by Anne Tereska Ciecko.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ciecko, Anne Tereska.

Series:

Asian cinema series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Asia.

Motion pictures.

Asia.

Physical Description:

vi, 250 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006.

Summary:

Asia produces more films than any other part of the world. With chapters on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan, this book presents the most authoritative assessment of contemporary Asian cinema available. Each chapter describes the cultural aspects of popular film production, analyzing key films in the national, the regional and the global context.

Topics covered include: film theory and Asian cinema, popular film genres, major industry figures, the "art film," connections between the state and commercial interests, cultural policies, representations of national identity, trends in international co-production, transnational and diasporic dimensions of Asian filmmaking and viewing, the politics of language choice, the impact of emerging technologies on filmmaking practice, and modes of exhibition.

Contents:

Introduction to Popular Asian Cinema, with Acknowledgements / Anne T. Ciecko 1

1 Theorizing Asian Cinema(s) / Anne T. Ciecko 13

2 Philippines: Cinema and its Hybridity / Jose B. Capino 32

3 Vietnam: Chronicles of Old and New / Panivong Norindr 45

4 Thailand: Revival in an Age of Globalization / Anchalee Chaiworaporn, Adam Knee 58

5 Singapore: Developments, Challenges, and Projections / Jan Uhde, Yvonne Ng Uhde 71

6 Malaysia: Melodramatic Drive, Rural Discord, Urban Heartaches / William van der Heide 83

7 Indonesia: Screening a Nation in the Post-New Order / Krishna Sen 96

8 Sri Lanka: Art, Commerce, and Cultural Modernity / Wimal Dissanayake 108

9 Bangladesh: Native Resistance and Nationalist Discourse / Zakir Hossain Raju 120

10 India: Bollywood's Global Coming of Age / Jyotika Virdi, Corey K. Creekmur 133

11 Mainland China: Public Square to Shopping Mall and the New Entertainment Film / Augusta Lee Palmer 144

12 Taiwan: Popular Cinema's Disappearing Act / Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh 156

13 Hong Kong: Cinematic Cycles of Grief and Glory / Anne T. Ciecko 169

14 South Korea: Film on the Global Stage / Hyangjin Lee 182

15 Japan: Cause for (Cautious) Optimism / Darrell William Davis 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-244) and index.

ISBN:

1845202376

1845202368

OCLC:

62738589

Publisher Number:

9781845202378 (pbk.)

9781845202361 (hbk.)