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The Oxford Handbook Of Chinese Cinemas
. Ed(S): Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen
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Hardback. Editor(s): Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 736 pages, 86 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 257 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1264.
What does it mean for a cinematic work to be "Chinese"? Does it refer specifically to a work's subject, or does it also reflect considerations of language, ethnicity, nationality, ideology, or political orientation? Such questions make any single approach to a vast field like "Chinese cinema" difficult at best. Accordingly, The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas situates the term more broadly among various different phases, genres, and distinct national configurations, while taking care to address the consequences of grouping together so many disparate histories under a single banner. Offering both a platform for cross-disciplinary dialogue and a mapping ... Read more
What does it mean for a cinematic work to be "Chinese"? Does it refer specifically to a work's subject, or does it also reflect considerations of language, ethnicity, nationality, ideology, or political orientation? Such questions make any single approach to a vast field like "Chinese cinema" difficult at best. Accordingly, The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas situates the term more broadly among various different phases, genres, and distinct national configurations, while taking care to address the consequences of grouping together so many disparate histories under a single banner. Offering both a platform for cross-disciplinary dialogue and a mapping ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Number of Pages
730
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199765607
SKU
V9780199765607
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About . Ed(S): Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen
Carlos Rojas is Associate Professor of Chinese Cultural Studies, Women's Studies, and Arts of the Moving Image at Duke University. He is the author of The Great Wall: A Cultural History (Harvard UP, 2010). Eileen Chow is Assistant Professor of Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies at Harvard University. She is the coeditor, with Carlos Rojas, of Rethinking Chinese Popular ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook Of Chinese Cinemas
The publication of this book represents an important mile marker in the academic study of Chinese cinema ... it is erudite, sophisticated, and self-reflective ... an outstanding work.
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