Horror to the Extreme: Changing Boundaries in Asian Cinema - Edited by Jinhee Choi and Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano - Bookniverse

Horror to the Extreme: Changing Boundaries in Asian Cinema

Edited by Jinhee Choi and Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano

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Tue Jun 30 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

9789882204584

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Hong Kong University Press

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About this book

Art > Film > Film History & Theory

Humanities & Social Science > Conmultilingual_settingsorary Ideology > Cultural Research & Critics

This book compares production and consumption of Asian horror cinemas in different national contexts and their multidirectional dialogues with Hollywood and neighboring Asian cultures. Individual essays highlight common themes including technology, digital media, adolescent audience sensibilities, transnational co-productions, pan-Asian marketing techniques, and variations on good vs. evil evident in many Asian horror films. Contributors include Kevin Heffernan, Adam Knee, Chi-Yun Shin, Chika Kinoshita, Robert Cagle, Emilie Yeh Yueh-yu, Neda Ng Hei-tung, Hyun-suk Seo, Kyung Hyun Kim, and Robert Hyland.

About the author(s)

Edited by Jinhee Choi and Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano

Jinhee Choi is a lecturer of film studies at the University of Kent. Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano is an assistant professor of film studies at Carleton University.

About the publisher

Established in 1956, and part of the University of Hong Kong, Asia’s most prominent English-speaking university, HKU Press publishes more than 30 new titles annually, with a growing proportion (more than 25%) in Chinese. Building on Hong Kong's unique global position, HKU Press books examine, critique, and celebrate Asia’s place in the world. We have gained particular renown for publications in Chinese history and culture, law, public health, social work, film/media studies, art and architecture/urban planning.

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