American and Chinese-Language Cinemas

Examining Cultural Flows

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Edited by Lisa Funnell and Man-Fung Yip

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > Asia

Keywords

Asia, American influence

Publishing date

2017

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Advances in Film Studies

1st publishing

2014

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 232 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-138-30585-4

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Book Presentation:
Critics frequently describe the influence of "America," through Hollywood and other cultural industries, as a form of cultural imperialism. This unidirectional model of interaction does not address, however, the counter-flows of Chinese-language films into the American film market or the influence of Chinese filmmakers, film stars, and aesthetics in Hollywood.

The aim of this collection is to (re)consider the complex dynamics of transnational cultural flows between American and Chinese-language film industries. The goal is to bring a more historical perspective to the subject, focusing as much on the Hollywood influence on early Shanghai or postwar Hong Kong films as on the intensifying flows between American and Chinese-language cinemas in recent decades. Contributors emphasize the processes of appropriation and reception involved in transnational cultural practices, examining film production, distribution, and reception.

About the authors:
Lisa Funnell is a Lecturer in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma, USA. She is co-editor of Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas: The Reel Asian Exchange (Routledge, 2012).
Man-Fung Yip is an Assistant Professor in the Film and Media Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

See the publisher website: Routledge