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Zusatztext "The essays in this volume consider cinema not only as a form of cultural heritage but also as a medium through which other forms of cultural heritage can be preserved! transmitted! and adapted. . .All of the essagys present challenges to national identity and culture! and will certainly be of interest in multiple disciplines - Asian studies! theater! cinema! performance studies! cultural studies! musicology! and anthropology! among others. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." - CHOICE Informationen zum Autor YAU SHUK-TING, KINNIA Associate Professor in theDepartment of Japanese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Klappentext How do East Asian cultural heritages in shape film? How are these legacies being revived, or even re-created, by contemporary filmmakers? This collection examines the dynamic interactions between East Asian culture heritages and cinemas in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Zusammenfassung How do East Asian cultural heritages in shape film? How are these legacies being revived, or even re-created, by contemporary filmmakers? This collection examines the dynamic interactions between East Asian culture heritages and cinemas in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Inhaltsverzeichnis Reclaiming a Legacy, Reinventing the Nation: The Epic Martial Arts Drama; D.Desser Forging a Global Soundscape: Inventing a 'Chinese' Heritage or Succumbing to Mainstream Sonic Culture of Western Movies?; S.Yu Contested Heritage: Cinema, Collective Memory, and the Politics of Local Heritage in Hong Kong; V.P.Y.Lee Traditional Chinese Aesthetics and Contemporary Chinese Films: Applying the Idea of qiyun to Understand the Temporal Structure of Selected Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien and Wong Kar-wai; W.Lo Reading the Glove Puppetry in Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Puppetmaster; W.Lin A 'Horrible' Legacy: Noh and J-horror; K.Yau The Loyal 47 R o nin Never Die: Influence of Ch u shingura on Japanese War Films; K.Yau Bringing the Tradition to the Modern; S.Kim Constructing East Asian Cinema through Cultural Geopolitics: King Hu's Come Drink with Me (1966) and the Evolution of Korean Martial Arts Films and Literatures in the 1960s; S.Lee...
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Reclaiming a Legacy, Reinventing the Nation: The Epic Martial Arts Drama; D.Desser Forging a Global Soundscape: Inventing a 'Chinese' Heritage or Succumbing to Mainstream Sonic Culture of Western Movies?; S.Yu Contested Heritage: Cinema, Collective Memory, and the Politics of Local Heritage in Hong Kong; V.P.Y.Lee Traditional Chinese Aesthetics and Contemporary Chinese Films: Applying the Idea of qiyun to Understand the Temporal Structure of Selected Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien and Wong Kar-wai; W.Lo Reading the Glove Puppetry in Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Puppetmaster; W.Lin A 'Horrible' Legacy: Noh and J-horror; K.Yau The Loyal 47 R o nin Never Die: Influence of Ch u shingura on Japanese War Films; K.Yau Bringing the Tradition to the Modern; S.Kim Constructing East Asian Cinema through Cultural Geopolitics: King Hu's Come Drink with Me (1966) and the Evolution of Korean Martial Arts Films and Literatures in the 1960s; S.Lee
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"The essays in this volume consider cinema not only as a form of cultural heritage but also as a medium through which other forms of cultural heritage can be preserved, transmitted, and adapted. . .All of the essagys present challenges to national identity and culture, and will certainly be of interest in multiple disciplines - Asian studies, theater, cinema, performance studies, cultural studies, musicology, and anthropology, among others. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." - CHOICE
