Hong Kong Cinema Since 1997 : The Post-Nostalgic Imagination
by
V. Lee
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0230221432
ISBN-13
9780230221437
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 29th, 2009
Print length
254 Pages
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Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia, memory and local histories, this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule.
Introduction PART I: TIME AND MEMORY Post-Nostalgia: In the Mood for Love and 2046 Cinematic Remembrances: Ordinary Heroes and Little Cheung Allegory, Kinship, and Redemption: Fu Bo and Isabella PART II: SCHIZOPHRENIA, AMNESIA AND CINEPHILIA Lost in the Cosmopolitan Crime Zone: Johnnie To''s Urban Legends The Kung Fu Hero in the Digital Age: Stephen Chow''s ''Glocal'' Strategies Karmic Redemption: Memory and Schizophrenia in Hong Kong Action Films PART III: IN AND OUT Migrants in a Strange City: (Dis-)locating the China Imaginary Outside the Nation: the Pan-Asian Trajectory of Applause Pictures The Hong Kong Multiplex: An Unfolding Narrative Notes Bibliography Index
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