ABSTRACT
Critics frequently describe the influence of "America," through Hollywood and other cultural industries, as a form of cultural imperialism. This unidirectional model of interaction does not address, however, the counter-flows of Chinese-language films into the American film market or the influence of Chinese filmmakers, film stars, and aesthetics in Hollywood.
The aim of this collection is to (re)consider the complex dynamics of transnational cultural flows between American and Chinese-language film industries. The goal is to bring a more historical perspective to the subject, focusing as much on the Hollywood influence on early Shanghai or postwar Hong Kong films as on the intensifying flows between American and Chinese-language cinemas in recent decades. Contributors emphasize the processes of appropriation and reception involved in transnational cultural practices, examining film production, distribution, and reception.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |61 pages
Style, Narrative, Form
chapter |14 pages
A Tale of Two Cinemas
part |47 pages
Genre
part |69 pages
Marketing, Exhibition, Reception
chapter |17 pages
Cinema, Propaganda, and Networks of Experience
chapter |16 pages
Defenders of the Palace
chapter |17 pages
Reading Hollywood in Postwar Shanghai
part |32 pages
Performance, Identity, Representation