Hong Kong cinema and Sinophone transnationalisms / Tan See Kam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tan, See Kam, 1958- author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in East Asian film.

Edinburgh studies in East Asian film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

National characteristics in motion pictures.

National characteristics, Chinese.

Chinese in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms explores the intricate complexity of selected films and film-making practices from 1930s Hong Kong (and Shanghai) to the later ‘new wave’ phenomenon of the 1980s. The result is a Sinophone cinema that created some very different ways of understanding ‘China’ and ‘Chineseness’, developing their own ‘cosmopolitan dreaming’ within the cultural and economic changes of those times. Exploring sinification and its multiple manifestations in film, the book examines cinematic genres including Huangmei Opera films, qiqing (strange or queer romance) films, fanchuaners (professional cross-sex performers) in film, Hong Kong’s Bond Movies (bangpian), erotic (fengyue) films, and New Wave Hong Kong cinema. In doing so, this book lays fruitful foundations for further understanding the development and changing faces of Hong Kong films and sinophone transnationalism in the even more complex and changing times of today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

A Note on Language

Preface

PART I NEW BEGINNINGS

Chapter 1 Locating Sinophone Cinema

Chapter 2 The Sinifi cation of Early Shanghai and Hong Kong Cinema

PART II NEW DIRECTIONS

Chapter 3 Huangmei diao pian

Chapter 4 Caizi/Jiaren Romance in Disguise

Chapter 5 Fanchuan Acting: Cross-dressing and Performative Transsexualities

PART III NEW IMAGINARIES

Chapter 6 Tongzhi Articulations in Fengyue Films

Chapter 7 Transness: Hong Kong’s Bond Movies (Bangpian)

PART IV NEW WAVES

Chapter 8 Tsui Hark: Accented Cinema

Chapter 9 Tsui Hark: Time-bomb Cinema

Chapter 10 Tsui Hark: New Localisms

Afterword

Appendix 1: A Selection of Chineselanguage Opera Film Avatars

Appendix 2: Glossary of Chineselanguage Film Titles

Appendix 3: Glossary of Chineselanguage Persons, Film Companies/ Studios, Opera Troupes and Media

Appendix 4: Glossary of Chineselanguage Terms and Phrases

Filmography and TV Resources

References and Further Reading

Index

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tan, See-Kam Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms

ISBN:

1-4744-7639-2

1-4744-7638-4

OCLC:

1292427903