Chinese Films in Focus II (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781844572366)

Vendor: Chris Berry
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Chinese Films in Focus II

$125.00

Chinese Films in Focus II

$125.00
Format: Hardcover
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Chinese Films in Focus II offers over thirty fresh and insightful readings of key individual films, including Hero, Farewell My Concubine and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It addresses films from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other parts of the Chinese diaspora and the historical coverage ranges from the 1930s to the present. The essays, by leading authorities on Chinese cinema as well as up-and-coming scholars, are concise, accessible, rich, and on the cutting edge of current research. Each contributor outlines existing writing and presents an original perspective on the film, making this volume a rich resource for classroom use, scholarly research and general reading for anyone wanting to understand more about the historical development and rich variety of Chinese cinema.

Author: Chris Berry
ISBN-10: 1844572366
ISBN-13: 9781844572366
Publisher: British Film Institute
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.94w x 1.07d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2009
By Chris Berry
By Chris Berry
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CHRIS BERRY is Professor of Film and Television Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He is the author and editor of many books, including Cinema and the National: China on Screen (co-authored with Mary Farquhar, Columbia University Press and Hong Kong University Press, 2006) and Postsocialist Cinema in Post-Mao China: The Cultural Revolution after the Cultural Revolution (Routledge, 2004).

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