East Asian cinema and cultural heritage : from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan to Japan and South Korea /

"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 - "traditional" elements including martial arts, music, lan...

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Other Authors: Qiu, Shuting
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Reclaiming a Legacy: The New-style Martial Arts Saga and Globalized entertainment / David Desser
  • Forging a Cultural Heritage in Chinese Movies: The Sinifications and Self-imposed Distancing from Chinese Culture in a Globalized Industry / Yu Siu-wah
  • Contested Heritage: Cinema, Collective Memory, and the Politics of Local Heritage in Hong Kong / Vivian Lee Pui-yin
  • Traditional Chinese Aesthetics and Contemporary Chinese Films: Applying the Idea of Qi-yun to Understand the Temporal Structure of Selected Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien / Lo Wai-luk
  • A "Horrible" Legacy: Noh and J-horror / Kinnia Yau Shuk-ting
  • The Loyal 47 Ranin Never Die: Influence of Chushingura on Japanese War Films / Kinna Yau Shuk-ting
  • The Creation of Pansori Cinema: Sopyonje and Chunhyang in Creative Hybridity / Kim Shin-dong
  • Martial Arts Craze in Korea: Cultural Translation of Martial Arts Film and Literature in the 1960s / Lee Sang-joon.