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- Postcolonialism, Diaspora, and Alternative Histories: The Transcultural Cinema of Evans Chan
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
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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 transformation before and after reunification with China in 1997. The volume concludes with an interview with Evans Chan on his work to date and includes two DVDs containing five of his most important films.
The book will appeal to scholars and students who are interested in China and Hong Kong cinema, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, and diaspora studies.
“Covering a broad range of topics and issues that shed light on the aesthetic, sociopolitical and intellectual dimensions of Chan’s work, the individual chapters contribute to a collective reflection on the formal qualities of Chan’s cinematic art, in particular his creative use of the film essay as a mode of artistic expression. The essays have sought out the latent aesthetic and intellectual impulses that inform Chan’s cinematic vision.”
—Vivian Lee, author of Hong Kong Cinema Since 1997: The Post-Nostalgic Imagination.
“This fascinating anthology is a much-needed examination of Chan’s eminent yet underappreciated cinema. The volume illuminates his filmmaking from a number of angles, enriching our understanding of his complex engagement with Chinese politics, history, and the essay film. Capped by a comprehensive interview with Chan himself, this indispensable volume does full justice to one of Hong Kong’s most literate and literary filmmakers.”
—Gary Bettinson, author of The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai and editor of the journal Asian Cinema
Table of Contents
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- Contributors
- pp. ix-x
- Illustrations
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xiii
- 3. 'Crossings'
- pp. 27-34
- 4. Homelessness and Self-Disclosure
- pp. 35-40
- 6. Issues of Decolonization
- pp. 57-80
- 7. Brecht in Hong Kong
- pp. 81-100
- 8. Sound and Vision
- pp. 101-106
- 9. Global Aches
- pp. 107-136
- 10. An Interview with Evans Chan
- pp. 137-156
- Filmography
- pp. 157-162
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 163-164
Additional Information
ISBN
9789888313488
Related ISBN(s)
9789888208166
MARC Record
OCLC
910769158
Pages
200
Launched on MUSE
2015-06-05
Language
English
Open Access
No