Cinema at the City’s Edge: Film and Urban Networks in East Asia - Edited by Yomi Braester and James Tweedie - Bookniverse

Cinema at the City’s Edge: Film and Urban Networks in East Asia

Edited by Yomi Braester and James Tweedie

US $20.00

US $25.00

2010/06

9789882206106

ePub

Hong Kong University Press

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About this book

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

Art > Film > Film History & Theory

This anthology presents a number of leading voices on contemporary Asian cinema studies, including Ackbar Abbas, Chris Berry, Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh, Darrell William Davis, Dudley Andrew, Yomi Braester, Susie Jie Young Kim, Akira Mizuta Lippit, James Tweedie, Yiman Wang and Zhang Zhen. Through a range of interdisciplinary responses that simultaneously investigate film practices and technologies, the contributors offer a timely look at the ever-shifting cities in East Asia and their portrayal in cinema.

About the author(s)

Edited by Yomi Braester and James Tweedie

Yomi Braester is professor of comparative literature and a member of the Cinema Studies faculty at the University of Washington. James Tweedie is assistant professor of comparative literature and a member of the Cinema Studies faculty at the University of Washington.

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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