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Zusatztext 'An important contribution to a growing body of scholarly literature on contemporary Hong Kong cinema, and a valuable update on current trends and practices in Hong Kong film culture.' - Gina Marchetti, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong 'Lee's book offers students of Hong Kong cinema a new and fascinating line of enquiry into the field.' - Dr Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film Informationen zum Autor VIVIAN P.Y.LEE teaches in the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. Her publications on modern Chinese literature and Chinese cinemas have appeared in academic journals and anthologies including Modern Chinese Literature and Culture , Journal of Chinese Cinemas , Scope and Chinese Films in Focus II. Klappentext Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia, memory and local histories, this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule. Zusammenfassung Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia! memory and local histories! this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I: TIME AND MEMORY Post-Nostalgia: In the Mood for Love and 2046 Cinematic Remembrances: Ordinary Heroes and Little Cheung Allegory, Kinship, and Redemption: Fu Bo and Isabella PART II: SCHIZOPHRENIA, AMNESIA AND CINEPHILIA Lost in the Cosmopolitan Crime Zone: Johnnie To's Urban Legends The Kung Fu Hero in the Digital Age: Stephen Chow's 'Glocal' Strategies Karmic Redemption: Memory and Schizophrenia in Hong Kong Action Films PART III: IN AND OUT Migrants in a Strange City: (Dis-)locating the China Imaginary Outside the Nation: the Pan-Asian Trajectory of Applause Pictures The Hong Kong Multiplex: An Unfolding Narrative Notes Bibliography Index...
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VIVIAN P.Y.LEE teaches in the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. Her publications on modern Chinese literature and Chinese cinemas have appeared in academic journals and anthologies including Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Scope and Chinese Films in Focus II.
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'An important contribution to a growing body of scholarly literature on contemporary Hong Kong cinema, and a valuable update on current trends and practices in Hong Kong film culture.' - Gina Marchetti, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong
'Lee's book offers students of Hong Kong cinema a new and fascinating line of enquiry into the field.'
- Dr Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film
