Items related to Asian Cinemas: A Reader and Guide

Asian Cinemas: A Reader and Guide - Softcover

 
9780824830854: Asian Cinemas: A Reader and Guide
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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of 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.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

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