Rethinking Transnational Chinese Cinemas: The Amoy-Dialect Film Industry in Cold War Asia
(Book #26 in the Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series)
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The Amoy-dialect film industry emerged in the 1950s, producing cheap, b-grade films in Hong Kong for direct export to the theatres of Manila Chinatown, southern Taiwan and Singapore. Films made in Amoy dialect - a dialect of Chinese - reflected a particular period in the history of the Chinese diaspora, and have been little studied due to their ambiguous place within the wider realm of Chinese and East Asian film history. This book represents the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0415493552
ISBN13:9780415493550
Release Date:May 2011
Publisher:Routledge
Length:172 Pages
Weight:0.99 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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