Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema
| AUTHOR | Meaghan Morris; Li, Siu Leung; Ching-Kiu, Stephen Chan et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Duke University Press (01/24/2006) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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.
Contributors. Nicole Brenez, Stephen Chan Ching-kiu, Dai Jinhua, David Desser, Laleen Jayamanne, Kim Soyoung, Siu Leung Li, Adrian Martin, S. V. Srinivas, Stephen Teo, Valentina Vitali, Paul Willemen, Rob Wilson, Wong Kin-yuen, Kinnia Yau Shuk-ting, Yung Sai-shing
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.
Contributors. Nicole Brenez, Stephen Chan Ching-kiu, Dai Jinhua, David Desser, Laleen Jayamanne, Kim Soyoung, Siu Leung Li, Adrian Martin, S. V. Srinivas, Stephen Teo, Valentina Vitali, Paul Willemen, Rob Wilson, Wong Kin-yuen, Kinnia Yau Shuk-ting, Yung Sai-shing
Tony Bennett is Professor of Sociology at the Open University. He is the author of "The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics" (l995) and "Culture: A Reformer's Scienc"e (l998), and is co-editor of "Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics, and Programs" (with David Carter, 2001).
Meaghan Morris is Chair Professor of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University. She is the author of "The Pirate's Fiancee: Feminism, Reading, Postmodernism" (1988), "Translation and Subjectivity" (l997), and "Too Soon Too Late: History in Popular Culture" (l998), and is co-editor (with John Frow) of "Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader "(l993).