Taiwan Cinema

A Contested Nation on Screen

• Author(s): G. Hong,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 229
• ISBN_10: 0230118321
  ISBN_13: 9780230118324
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Social History , Social Science / General , Performing Arts / General , Literary Criticism / Asian / General , Foreign Language Study / General , Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference , Performing Arts / Film / General ,

Description:... A groundbreaking study of Taiwan cinema, Hong provides helpful insight into how it is taught and studied by taking into account not only the auteurs of New Taiwan Cinema, but also the history of popular genre films before the 1980s. The book is essential for students and scholars of Taiwan, film and visual studies, and East Asian cultural history.