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Cinema at the City's Edge
Yomi Braester
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Description for Cinema at the City's Edge
Paperback. A selection of interdisciplinary essays that investigates film practices and technologies, offering a timely look at the ever-shifting cities in East Asia and their portrayal in cinema. Contributors include a number of leading voices on contemporary Asian Editor(s): Braester, Yomi; Tweedie, James. Series: TransAsia: Screen Cultures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 1FM; APF; JFFS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
The book traces common concerns among East Asian cinemas of Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, the PRC, and Taiwan, and goes beyond the now familiar notion that the Asian metropolises are successful iterations of local identity within a global network.
The book traces common concerns among East Asian cinemas of Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, the PRC, and Taiwan, and goes beyond the now familiar notion that the Asian metropolises are successful iterations of local identity within a global network.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
TransAsia: Screen Cultures
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789622099845
SKU
V9789622099845
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About Yomi Braester
Yomi Braester is professor of comparative literature and a member of the Cinema Studies faculty at the University of Washington.
Reviews for Cinema at the City's Edge
East Asia is a pivotal region in the advancement of media technologies, globalized consumerism and branding economies. City and urban spaces are now attracting cinematic imaginaries and the academic examination of visual images and urban space in East Asian contexts. Highlighting changing conceptions and blurring boundaries of 'where city ends and cinema begins,' this collection offers an original contribution to ... Read more