Taiwan Cinema: International Reception and Social Change

The book examines recent developments in Taiwan cinema, with particular focus on a leading contemporary Taiwan filmmaker, Wei Te-sheng, who is responsible for such Asian blockbusters as Cape No.7, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale and Kano. The book discusses key issues, including: why (until about 2008) Taiwan cinema underwent a decline, and how cinema is portraying current social changes in Taiwan, including changing youth culture and how it represents indigenous people in the historical narrative of Taiwan. The book also explores the reasons why current Taiwan cinema is receiving a much less enthusiastic response globally compared to its reception in previous decades.

Kuei-fen Chiu is Professor of Taiwan Literature and Transnational Cultural Studies at National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.

Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley is a Research Associate in the Centre of Taiwan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

Gary Rawnsley is Professor of Public Diplomacy in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK.