Title
Hong Kong connections : transnational imagination in action cinema
Document Type
Edited book
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Publisher
Duke University Press; Hong Kong University Press
Abstract
Since the 1960s, Hong Kong cinema has helped to shape one of the world’s most popular cultural genres: action cinema. Hong Kong action films have proved popular over the decades with audiences worldwide, and they have seized the imaginations of filmmakers working in many different cultural traditions and styles. How do we account for this appeal, which changes as it crosses national borders?
Hong Kong Connections brings leading film scholars together to explore the circulation of Hong Kong cinema in Japan, Korea, India, Australia, France, and the United States, as well as its links with Taiwan, Singapore, and the Chinese mainland. In the process, this collection examines diverse cultural contexts for action cinema’s popularity and the problems involved in the transnational study of globally popular forms, suggesting that in order to grasp the history of Hong Kong action cinema’s influence we need to bring out the differences as well as the links that constitute popularity.
ISBN
9781932643015
Publisher Statement
Copyright © Hong Kong University Press 2005. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.
Additional Information
The essays published in this book were developed from papers given at the Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema conference organised by the Department of Cultural Studies and the Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, January 6-9, 2003.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Morris, M., Li, S. L., & Chan, S. C.-k. (Eds.) (2005). Hong Kong connections: Transnational imagination in action cinema. Durham; Hong Kong: Duke University Press; Hong Kong University Press.
