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Early film culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China : kaleidoscopic histories /

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This volume features new work on cinema in early twentieth-century Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China. Looking beyond relatively well-studied cities like Shanghai, these essays foreground cinema's relationship with imperialism and colonialism and emphasize the rapid development of cinema a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Yeh, Emilie Yueh-yu (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > China > History.
Motion pictures > China > Hong Kong > History.
Motion pictures > Taiwan > History.
Motion picture industry > China > History.
Motion picture industry > China > Hong Kong > History.
Motion picture industry > Taiwan > History.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference.
Motion picture industry.
Motion pictures.
China.
China > Hong Kong.
Taiwan.
ART / General.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration and Translation; Introduction; Part I. Revising Historiography; 1. Translating Yingxi; 2. Magic Lantern Shows and Screen Modernity in Colonial Taiwan; 3. From an Imported Novelty to an Indigenized Practices; 4. Enlightenment, Propaganda, and Image Creation; 5. â#x80;#x9C;Guangzhou Filmâ#x80;#x9D; and Guangzhou Urban Culture; 6. The Way of The Platinum Dragon; Part II. Intermediaries, Cinephiles, and Film Literati; 7. Toward the Opposite Side of â#x80;#x9C;Vulgarityâ#x80;#x9D;; 8. Movie Matchmakers; 9. The Silver Star Group
  • 10. Forming the Movie Field11. Rhythmic Movement, Metaphoric Sound, and Transcultural Transmediality; Chinese and Japanese Glossary; Contributors; Bibliography; Index