A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema provides the first
comprehensive scholarly exploration of this unique global cinema.
By embracing the interdisciplinary approach of contemporary film
and cultural studies, this collection navigates theoretical debates
while charting a new course for future research in Hong Kong
film.
Examines Hong Kong cinema within an interdisciplinary context,
drawing connections between media, gender, and Asian studies,
Asian regional studies, Chinese language and cultural studies,
global studies, and critical theory
Highlights the often contentious debates that shape current
thinking about film as a medium and its possible future
Investigates how changing research on gender, the body, and
sexual orientation alter the ways in which we analyze sexual
difference in Hong Kong cinema
Charts how developments in theories of colonialism,
postcolonialism, globalization, neoliberalism, Orientalism,
and nationalism transform our understanding of the economics and
politics of the Hong Kong film industry
Explores how the concepts of diaspora, nostalgia, exile, and
trauma offer opportunities to rethink accepted ways of
understanding Hong Kong?s popular cinematic genres and
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