Overview
- Illuminates contemporary Chinese-language films' intended effects on the spectator
- Offers a detailed expansion of the poetics paradigm into the study of Chinese-language cinemas
- Includes contributions from leading experts in the field
Part of the book series: East Asian Popular Culture (EAPC)
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This book examines the aesthetic qualities of particular Chinese-language films and the rich artistic traditions from which they spring. It brings together leading experts in the field, and encompasses detailed and wide-ranging case studies of films such as Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Spring in a Small Town, 24 City, and The Grandmaster, and filmmakers including Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Zhangke, Chen Kaige, Fei Mu, Zhang Yimou, Johnnie To, and Wong Kar-wai. By illuminating the form and style of Chinese films from across cinema history, The Poetics of Chinese Cinema testifies to the artistic value and uniqueness of Chinese-language filmmaking.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“A refreshing look at film aesthetics in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan from the 1940s to the present, The Poetics of Chinese Cinema redirects attention to rich layers of cinematic poetics and appreciates an amazing array of auteurist styles, traditional arts, institutional norms, regional practices, and digital innovations.” (Yingjin Zhang, Distinguished Professor of Chinese Studies and Chair of the Department of Literature, University at California, San Diego, USA)
“A rich and indispensable study of Chinese film poetics … The authors bring engaging variants of the poetic approach to bear on the genres and styles of the 20th and 21st centuries, including revolutionary model opera films, classical Cantonese narratives, modernist films, puzzle films, and documentary.” (Esther Yau, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong)
“Some of the most significant scholars in the field turn their perceptive collective eye toward the sparkling cinematography, complex editing and challenging long-takes of the cinema of the PRC, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. An absolute must for anyone interested in film aesthetics and Chinese film culture.” (David Desser, Professor Emeritus of Cinema Studies, University of Illinois, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Gary Bettinson is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Lancaster University, UK and author of The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai: Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance (Hong Kong University Press), and chief editor of Asian Cinema journal.
James Udden is Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at Gettysburg College, USA. He has published extensively on Asian cinema including the book-length monograph, No Man an Island: The Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien (Hong Kong University Press). His current book project concerns the improbable, parallel rise of Taiwan and Iran in the international festival world starting in the mid-1980s.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Poetics of Chinese Cinema
Editors: Gary Bettinson, James Udden
Series Title: East Asian Popular Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56608-9Published: 28 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55309-6Published: 05 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-5935
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5943
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 227
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Culture, Asian Cinema and TV, Film History, Media Studies, Screen Studies, Arts