Hong Kong and Bollywood: Globalization of Asian Cinemas

by Joseph Tse-Hei Lee (Editor), Satish Kolluri (Editor)

Overview

This volume examines the transmission, reception, and reproduction of new cinematic styles, meanings, practices, and norms in early twenty-first-century Asia. Hong Kong and Bollywood offers new answers to the field of inter-Asian cultural studies, which has been energized by the trends towards transnationalism and translatability. It brings together a team of international scholars to capture the latest development in the film industries of Hong Kong and Mumbai, and to explore similar cross-cultural, political, and socioeconomic issues. It also explains how Hong Kong and Bollywood filmmakers have gone beyond the traditional focus on nationalism, urbanity and biculturalism to reposition themselves as new cultural forces in the pantheon of global cinema.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349956777
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	06/27/2018
Series:	Global Cinema
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joseph Tse-Hei Lee is Professor of History and Executive Director of the Confucius Institute at Pace University, USA.

Satish Kolluri is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Pace University, USA.

Table of Contents

.1 Situating Hong Kong and Bollywood Cinemas in the Global Satish Kolluri and Joseph Tse-Hei Lee.- Part I The Politics of Representation and Representation of Politics.- 2 The Trajectory of Bollywood Lyrics Ali Mir and Raza Mir.- 3 Transformation of Hong Kong Gangster Films before and after CEPA Kinnia Shuk-Ting Yau.- 4 Despair and Hope: Political Cinema in Hong Kong Joseph Tse-Hei Lee.- 5 Chinaman, not Hindustani: Stereotypes and Solidarity in a Hong Kong Film on India S. V. Srinivas.- 6 1911: Cinematic Contradictions of Greater China Siu-Keung Cheung.- Part II: The Crisis of Representation and Representation of Crisis.- 7 What is so Asian about Asian Parenting? Deconstructing “Tiger Moms” and “Tiger Dads” in Neoliberal Times through Taare Zameen Par and I Not Stupid Satish Kolluri.- 8 Negotiating Cold War and Post/Colonial Politics: Borders and Boundaries in 1950s Hong Kong Cinema Jing Jing Chang.- 9 Slum Extravaganza! Cultural and Geopolitical Representation of Dharavi in Celluloid India Sony Jalarajan Raj and Rohini Sreekumar.- 10 Life without Principle: Financial Irregularities in Hong Kong Siu-Keung Cheung.- Part III: The Aesthetics of Representation and Representation of Aesthetics.- 11 Questioning Modernity: Space, Consumption and Loss in Hong Kong New Wave and Bombay Parallel Cinema Surajit Chakravarty.- 12 Naqal and the Aesthetics of the Copy Anjali Gera Roy.- 13 Undercranking and Step-printing in Wong Kar-Wai’s Filmography Patrick Sullivan.- 14 Mirrored Alterity: The Imaginary China and the Comedic Self in Chandi Chowk to China Michael A. Mikita.- 15 Hong Kong, Film, and the Building of China’s Soft Power: The Cross-Promotion of Chinese Film on Globally-Oriented State Television Lauren Gorfinkel and Xuezhong Su.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Focusing on the political realities and sociocultural developments of two seemingly discrete cities, Hong Kong and Bollywood sketches a tangible specimen of globalization in action. The fifteen chapters are thematically woven together, as Lee and Kolluri draw on their expertise and insight into contemporary China and India as the chief tools for forging a convincing analysis of modern Asian films. This book will be of immense interest to cineastes, scholars and students of contemporary Asia–a milestone.” (Lars Peter Laamann, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom)

Editorial Reviews

It is a must-read for students, scholars and academics in the field of film and cultural studies. On account of its interdisciplinary appeal, the book will also be useful to students and scholars in other disciplines such as sociology and China studies, apart from being of interest to general readers and film lovers.” (Romi Jain, Hong Kong Studies, Vol. 2 (2), 2019)

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