TY - BOOK
T1 - Hong Kong connections : transnational imagination in action cinema
A2 - MORRIS, Meaghan
A2 - LI, Siu Leung
A2 - CHAN, Ching Kiu, Stephen
N1 - The essays published in this book were developed from papers given at the Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema conference organised by the Department of Cultural Studies and the Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, January 6-9, 2003.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Since the 1960s, Hong Kong cinema has helped to shape one of the world’s most popular cultural genres: action cinema. Hong Kong action films have proved popular over the decades with audiences worldwide, and they have seized the imaginations of filmmakers working in many different cultural traditions and styles. How do we account for this appeal, which changes as it crosses national borders?
Hong Kong Connections brings leading film scholars together to explore the circulation of Hong Kong cinema in Japan, Korea, India, Australia, France, and the United States, as well as its links with Taiwan, Singapore, and the Chinese mainland. In the process, this collection examines diverse cultural contexts for action cinema’s popularity and the problems involved in the transnational study of globally popular forms, suggesting that in order to grasp the history of Hong Kong action cinema’s influence we need to bring out the differences as well as the links that constitute popularity.
AB - Since the 1960s, Hong Kong cinema has helped to shape one of the world’s most popular cultural genres: action cinema. Hong Kong action films have proved popular over the decades with audiences worldwide, and they have seized the imaginations of filmmakers working in many different cultural traditions and styles. How do we account for this appeal, which changes as it crosses national borders?
Hong Kong Connections brings leading film scholars together to explore the circulation of Hong Kong cinema in Japan, Korea, India, Australia, France, and the United States, as well as its links with Taiwan, Singapore, and the Chinese mainland. In the process, this collection examines diverse cultural contexts for action cinema’s popularity and the problems involved in the transnational study of globally popular forms, suggesting that in order to grasp the history of Hong Kong action cinema’s influence we need to bring out the differences as well as the links that constitute popularity.
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M3 - Book (Editor)
SN - 9781932643015
BT - Hong Kong connections : transnational imagination in action cinema
PB - Duke University Press; Hong Kong University Press
T2 - Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema conference
Y2 - 6 January 2003 through 9 January 2003
ER -