The Politics of Memory in Sinophone Cinemas and Image Culture: Altering Archives (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

By: Peng Hsiao-Yen and Ella Raidel

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Synopsis: Cinema archives memories, conserves the past, and rewrites histories. As much as the Sinophone embodies differences, contemporary Sinophone cinemas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People’s Republic of China invest various images of contested politics in order to assert different histories and self-consciousness. As such, Sinophone cinemas and image production function as archives, with the capability of reinterpreting the multiple dimensions of past and present. The Politics of Memory in Sinophone Cinemas and Image Culture investigates Sinophone films and art projects that express this desire for archiving and reconfiguring the past. Comprising ten chapters, this book brings together contributors from an array of disciplines - artists, filmmakers, curators, film critics, and literary scholars - to grapple with the creative ambiguities of Sinophone cinemas and image culture. Blending eclectic methods of scholarly research, knowledge-making, and art-making into a new discursive space, the chapters address the diverse complexities of the cinematic culture and image production in Sinitic language regions. This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of film studies, China studies, East Asian studies, Taiwan studies, and Sinophone studies, as well as professionals who work in the film industry.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 198 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781351692830
Related ISBNs:: 9781315170763, 9780367209278, 9781138047457
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 08/27/23
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Peng Hsiao-yen and Ella Raidel
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Peng Hsiao-yen
Edited by:: Ella Raidel