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Examines new sinophone modes of filmic address in Hong Kong cinema in the 20th century, enabling a developing cosmopolitanism to emerge
Examines new sinophone modes of filmic address in Hong Kong cinema in the 20th century
Explores the Sinophone, queering strategies, and cosmopolitanism through textual analysis of key genres and figures in Hong Kong film history, including the Shaw Brothers and Tsui Hark
Historicizes the Sinophone by locating its articulations in specific industrial contexts, and through historical cases of genre, stardom, and authorship
Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms explores the intricate complexity of selected films and film-making practices from 1930s Hong Kong (and Shanghai) to the later 'new wave' phenomenon of the 1980s. The result is a Sinophone cinema that created some very different ways of understanding 'China' and 'Chineseness', developing their own 'cosmopolitan dreaming' within the cultural and economic changes of those times.
Exploring sinification and its multiple manifestations in film, the book examines cinematic genres including Huangmei Opera films, qiqing (strange or queer romance) films, fanchuaners (professional cross-sex performers) in film, Hong Kong's Bond Movies (bangpian), erotic (fengyue) films, and New Wave Hong Kong cinema. In doing so, this book lays fruitful foundations for further understanding the development and changing faces of Hong Kong films and sinophone transnationalism in the even more complex and changing times of today.
Contents
Acknowledgements
A Note on Language
Glossary I: Chinese-language Film Titles
Glossary II: Chinese-language Names (Persons, Film Companies, etc.)
Glossary III: Chinese-language Terms and Phrases
Illustrations
Preface
I NEW BEGINNINGS
Chapter One - Locating Sinophone Cinema
Chapter Two - The Sinification of Early Shanghai and Hong Kong Cinema
II NEW DIRECTIONS
Chapter Three - Huangmei diao pian
Chapter Four - Caizi/Jiaren Romance in Disguise
Chapter Five - Fanchuan Acting: Cross-dressing and Performative Transexualities
III NEW IMAGINARIES
Chapter Six - Tongzhi Articulations in Fengyue Films
Chapter Seven - Transness: Hong Kong's Bond Movies (Bangpian)
IV NEW WAVES
Chapter Eight - Tsui Hark: Accented Cinema
Chapter Nine - Tsui Hark: Time-Bomb Cinema
Chapter Ten - Tsui Hark: New Localisms
Afterword
Appendix - A Selection of Chinese-language Opera Film Avatars
Filmography and TV Resources
References
