Contemporary Asian Cinema Popular Culture in a Global Frame

Name: Contemporary Asian Cinema Popular Culture in a Global Frame
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ISBN: 9781845202378

ISBN-10: 1845202376

ISBN-13: 9781845202378

Edition: 2006

Authors: Tereska Ciecko Anne

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Presenting an authoritative assessment of contemporary Asian cinema, this work describes the cultural aspects of popular film production, analyzing key films in the context of the national, the regional and the global.

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 2/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Mike Richardson is a Senior Researcher in Industrial Relations at the University of the West of England.



Introduction to Popular Asian Cinema, with Acknowledgements




Theorizing Asian Cinema(s)




Philippines: Cinema and its Hybridity




Vietnam: Chronicles of Old and New




Thailand: Revival in an Age of Globalization




Singapore: Developments, Challenges, and Projections




Malaysia: Melodramatic Drive, Rural Discord, Urban Heartaches




Indonesia: Screening a Nation in the Post-New Order




Sri Lanka: Art, Commerce, and Cultural Modernity




Bangladesh: Native Resistance and Nationalist Discourse




India: Bollywood's Global Coming of Age




Mainland China: Public Square to Shopping Mall and the New Entertainment Film




Taiwan: Popular Cinema's Disappearing Act




Hong Kong: Cinematic Cycles of Grief and Glory




South Korea: Film on the Global Stage




Japan: Cause for (Cautious) Optimism



Notes


Bibliography


Index