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Hong Kong cinema : a cross-cultural view

Law, Kar,
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Author: Law, Kar, 1941-
Subject: Motion pictures
Publication Year:2004
Language:English
Published:Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004
ISBN:9780810849860
0810849860
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-336) and indexes
East meets West. Beyond the peep show: movies come to China ; Ben Brodsky's China ; The pioneers ; From American with love: "Making this colony the 'Hollywood of China'" ; The Esther Eng story. -- North meets South. Interflows between Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Guangzhou ; Wartime mobilization ; Postwar and postliberation transitions ; Into the turbulent sixties. -- Border crossings. Local versus foreign: the mainland and overseas ; Expansion into Nanyang -- Shaw Brothers versus Cathay ; Early links with Asia Pacific ; Further foreign collaborations. -- Female images. Songstress/prostitute ; Good wife/heroic mother ; Sweet birds of youth ; The majors groom the new breed ; Wild, wicked, and sexy. -- East versus West. The modern age ; Finale. -- Appendixes. Early film exhibition in Hong Kong and China ; Some early Hong Kong film venues ; An incomplete list of early film production in Hong Kong and mainland China: 1896-1908 ; Full text of the account of an early film show in Qi Garden published in Youxi Bao on September 5, 1897 ; Benjamin Brodsky filmography ; Hong Kong release years of California-based Grandview's feature film productions of 1941-1949 ; Film production in Hong Kong, 1957-1970 ; Notes on terms and names
Course: ACT102

Availability at HKSYU Library


Location Call number Status
English Book (5/F) 791.43095125 LAW 2004 Available