Encyclopedia of Chinese film / Yingjin Zhang and Zhiwei Xiao ; with additional contributions from Ru-shou Robert Chen ... [et al.] ; edited by Yingjin Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Yingjin.

Zhang Y Xiao Z Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Xiao, Zhiwei.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--China--Encyclopedias.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Taiwan--Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (500 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Encyclopedia of Chinese Film, one of the first ever encyclopedias in this area, provides alphabetically organized entries on directors, genres, themes, and actors and actresses from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as 300 film synopses. Great care has been taken to provide solid cultural and historical context to the facts. The alphabetical entries are preceded by a substantial historical section, incorporating material on the the main studios and analysing the impact of Chinese film abroad as well as at home in recent years.This Encyclopedia meets the nee

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Notes on contributors; Note to the reader; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Classified contents; Chinese cinema; Hong Kong cinema; Taiwan cinema; Transnational cinema; Chinese film in the West; Foreign films in China; Main entries; Bibliography; Select Internet web sites; Glossary of Chinese characters; Index of titles; Index of names; Index of studios

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-411) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-74553-2

1-134-74551-6

0-415-75702-9

1-134-74554-0

1-280-32484-8

0-203-19555-8

9780203195550

OCLC:

57044173