Asian Cinemas: A Reader And Guide - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0824830857 ISBN 13 : 9780824830854

Editeur : University of Hawai'i 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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An extensive study of Asian film discussing both well-known and unfamiliar works. Asian cinema is an area of increasing interest in Anglo-US film studies while Asian films are now widely distributed and popular with western audiences. This fascination with Asian cinema must be examined in the context of a complex and often problematic relationship between western scholars, students, viewers and Asian films. This book, therefore, examines a number of detailed case studies and uses them in order to investigate the limitations of Anglo-US theoretical models and critical paradigms. By engaging the 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 which will be explored in depth and detail. The advantage of such an approach is that it works with the dynamics of familiarity/unfamiliarity and resists the temptation to construct Asian cinemas as a gallery of exotic objects that might be particularly fascinating but remain deeply distant and foreign.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dimitris Eleftheriotis is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Glasgow. Gary Needham is Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Nottingham Trent University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Hawai'i Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824830857
• ISBN 13: 9780824830854
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 488
• Éditeur: Eleftheriotis Dimitris, Needham Gary
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible