Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China: Kaleidoscopic Histories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780472053728)

This volume features new work on cinema in early twentieth-century Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China. Looking beyond relatively well-studied cities like Shanghai, these essays foreground cinema's relationship with imperialism and colonialism and emphasize the rapid development of cinema as a sociocultural institution. These essays examine where films were screened; how cinema-going as a social activity adapted from and integrated with existing social norms and practices; the extent to which Cantonese opera and other regional performance traditions were models for the development of cinematic conventions; the role foreign films played in the development of cinema as an industry in the Republican era; and much more.

Author: Emilie Yueh-Yu Yeh
ISBN-10: 0472053728
ISBN-13: 9780472053728
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2018
Pages: 364
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d