Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China
Kaleidoscopic Histories
Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art Technique
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780472123445 | |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press | Publication: | February 14, 2018 |
| Imprint: | University of Michigan Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780472123445 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press |
| Publication: | February 14, 2018 |
| Imprint: | University of Michigan Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
