The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions)

By: Sangjoon Lee and Zhen Zhang and Intan Paramaditha and Debashree Mukherjee

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Synopsis: Balancing leading scholars with emerging trendsetters, this Companion offers fresh perspectives on Asian cinemas and charts new constellations in the field with significance far beyond Asian cinema studies.Asian cinema studies – at the intersection of film/media studies and area studies – has rapidly transformed under the impact of globalization, compounded by the resurgence of a variety of nationalist discourses as well as counter-discourses, new socio-political movements, and the possibilities afforded by digital media. Differentiated experiences of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have further heightened interest in the digital everyday and the renewed geopolitical divide between East and West, and between North and South. Thematized into six sections, the 46 chapters in this anthology address established paradigms of scholarship and viewership in Asian cinemas like extreme genres, cinephilia, festivals, and national cinema, while also highlighting political and archival concerns that firmly situate Asian cinemas within local and translocal milieus. Underrepresented cinemas of North Korea, Bangladesh, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Cambodia, appear here amidst a broader cross-regional, comparative approach.An ideal resource for film, media, cultural and Asian studies researchers, students, and scholars, as well as informed readers with an interest in Asian cinemas.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040038079
Related ISBNs:: 9781032199405, 9781003266952, 9781040038048
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 06/20/24
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Zhen Zhang, Sangjoon Lee, Debashree Mukherjee, and Intan Paramaditha
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Zhen Zhang
Edited by:: Sangjoon Lee
Edited by:: Debashree Mukherjee
Edited by:: Intan Paramaditha