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The Chinese Cinema Book

Paperback • 2020 • English • 2. edition

The Chinese Cinema Book

By Song Hwee Lim, Julian Ward

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About the book

This revised and updated new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of cinema in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as to disaporic and transnational Chinese film-making, from the beginnings of cinema to the present day. Chapters by leading international scholars are grouped in thematic sections addressing key historical periods, film movements, genres, stars and auteurs, and the industrial and technological contexts of cinema in Greater China.

Films, cinema
Film history, theory or criticism

Book details

ISBN

9781911239536

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

2

Original title

The Chinese Cinema Book

Format

Paperback

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