Playing to the world's biggest audience [electronic resource] : the globalization of Chinese film and TV / Michael Curtin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtin, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--China.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture industry--China.

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--Taiwan.

Motion picture industry--Taiwan.

Television broadcasting--China.

Television broadcasting.

Television broadcasting--Taiwan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

Summary:

In this provocative analysis of screen industries in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, Michael Curtin delineates the globalizing pressures and opportunities that since the 1980s have dramatically transformed the terrain of Chinese film and television, including the end of the cold war, the rise of the World Trade Organization, the escalation of democracy movements, and the emergence of an East Asian youth culture. Reaching beyond national frameworks, Curtin examines the prospect of a global Chinese audience that will include more viewers than in the United States and Europe combined. He

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Media Capital in Chinese Film and Television; 1. The Pan-Chinese Studio System and Capitalist Paternalism; 2. Independent Studios and the Golden Age of Hong Kong Cinema; 3. Hyperproduction Erodes Overseas Circulation; 4. Hollywood Takes Charge in Taiwan; 5. The Globalization of Hong Kong Television; 6. Strange Bedfellows in Cross-Strait Drama Production; 7. Market Niches and Expanding Aspirations in Taiwan; 8. Singapore: From State Paternalism to Regional Media Hub; 9. Reterritorializing Star TV in the PRC

10. Global Satellites Pursuing Local Audiences and Panregional Efficiencies11. The Promise of Broadband and the Problem of Content; 12. From Movies to Multimedia: Connecting Infrastructure and Content; Conclusion: Structural Adjustment and the Future of Chinese Media; Industry Interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

172436846