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oapen-20.500.12657-305502024-01-09T09:41:24Z Early Film Cultures in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Republican China Yeh, Emilie Yueh-yu Arts Cantonese China Cinema of China Guangzhou History of China Hong Kong Magic lantern Shanghai Taiwan This collection explores the complex world of early cinema in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The story of how cinema established itself in China has not been well-understood. Cultural models for cinema-going and industry practices varied widely across China. By looking at several centers of cinematic activity, going beyond commercial fiction film to include non-fiction films (such as educational film), and taking on Cantonese as well as Mandarin productions. Beyond the Silver Screens presents early cinema in China in a new light Highlights Hong Kong, Taipei and Guangzhou as well as better-know examples from Shanghai, these essays foreground the cinema’s relationships with imperialism and colonialism, examining how cinematic culture established itself by adapting to distinctive local social and artistic practices, emphasizing the potency of cinema as a sociocultural institution. 2018-02-01 23:55:55 2020-03-12 03:00:32 2020-04-01T13:01:01Z 2020-04-01T13:01:01Z 2018-02-01 book 645358 OCN: 1030819405 9780472123445 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30550 eng application/pdf n/a 645358.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.9731616 100855 10.3998/mpub.9731616 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780472123445 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Ann Arbor 100855 KU Select 2017: Front list Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This collection explores the complex world of early cinema in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The story of how cinema established itself in China has not been well-understood. Cultural models for cinema-going and industry practices varied widely across China. By looking at several centers of cinematic activity, going beyond commercial fiction film to include non-fiction films (such as educational film), and taking on Cantonese as well as Mandarin productions. Beyond the Silver Screens presents early cinema in China in a new light Highlights Hong Kong, Taipei and Guangzhou as well as better-know examples from Shanghai, these essays foreground the cinema’s relationships with imperialism and colonialism, examining how cinematic culture established itself by adapting to distinctive local social and artistic practices, emphasizing the potency of cinema as a sociocultural institution.
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