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Postcolonialism, Diaspora, and Alternative Histories : The Cinema of Evans Chan.

Book information

Publisher
Hong Kong University Press, HKU
Year
2015
ISBN
9789888313488, 9888313487
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
34 MB (35275271 bytes)
Pages
200\200
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-05-06 15:01:45

Description

This volume offers the first comprehensive survey of the cinema of Evans Chan, a New York-based playwright, author, and filmmaker whose acclaimed films include To Liv(e), The Map of Sex and Love, and Datong. In this collection of essays on Chan's documentary and feature films seven experts on cultural and film studies examine the unique blending of fictional representation, historical investigation, and critical essayism that characterize Chan's oeuvre. They discuss how Chan's work brings out the contradictory nature of the distant and recent past through his exploration of Hong Kong's rapid t.  Read more...

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