Asian Cinemas: A Reader and Guide - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824830857 ISBN 13: 9780824830854

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2006

Synopsis

The West’s current fascination with Asian cinema must be viewed in the context of a complex and often problematic relationship between Western scholars, students, viewers, and Asian films. This book examines a number of detailed case studies (such as the films of Ozu, Bruce Lee, Hong Kong and Turkish cinema, Hindi melodramas, Godzilla films, Taiwanese directors, and Fifth Generation Chinese cinema) and uses them to investigate the limitations of Anglo–U.S. theoretical models and critical paradigms. By engaging readers with familiar areas of critical discourse (such as postcolonial criticism, "national cinema," "genre," "authorship," and "stardom") the book aims to introduce within such contexts the "unfamiliar" case studies that will be explored in depth and detail.

About this title

About the Author:

Dimitris Eleftheriotis is senior lecturer in film and television studies at the University of Glasgow.

Gary Needham is lecturer in media and cultural studies, Nottingham Trent University.

Review:

The republishing of a number of important texts in this easily accessible collection is a valuable undertaking! One hopes that this volume will find its way into many university libraries and subsequently into the hands and heads of many students of Asian cinemas. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television The republishing of a number of important texts in this easily accessible collection is a valuable undertaking! One hopes that this volume will find its way into many university libraries and subsequently into the hands and heads of many students of Asian cinemas.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0824830857
• ISBN 13: 9780824830854
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488
• Editor: Eleftheriotis Dimitris, Needham Gary