Asian Cinema and the Use of Space
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
1st Edition
Published on 6. May 2015
Book
Hardback
234 pages
978-0-415-70937-8 (ISBN)
Description
Asian cinemas are connected to global networks and participate in producing international film history while at the same time influenced and engaged by spatial, cultural, social and political transformations. This interdisciplinary study forwards a productive pairing of Asian cinemas and space, where space is used as a discursive tool to understand cinemas of Asia.
Concentrating on the performative potential of cinematic space in Asian films, the contributors discuss how space (re)constructs forms of identities and meanings across a range of cinematic practices. Cities, landscapes, buildings and interiors actively shape cinematic performances of such identities and their significances. The essays are structured around the spatial themes of ephemeral, imagined and contested spaces. They deal with struggles for identity, belonging, autonomy and mobility within different national and transnational contexts across East, Southeast and parts of South Asia in particular, which are complicated by micropolitics and subcultures, and by the interventions and interests of global lobbies.
Concentrating on the performative potential of cinematic space in Asian films, the contributors discuss how space (re)constructs forms of identities and meanings across a range of cinematic practices. Cities, landscapes, buildings and interiors actively shape cinematic performances of such identities and their significances. The essays are structured around the spatial themes of ephemeral, imagined and contested spaces. They deal with struggles for identity, belonging, autonomy and mobility within different national and transnational contexts across East, Southeast and parts of South Asia in particular, which are complicated by micropolitics and subcultures, and by the interventions and interests of global lobbies.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
40 s/w Abbildungen, 40 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
40 Halftones, black and white; 40 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-70937-8 (9780415709378)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
€73.90
Shipment within 10-20 days
E-Book
04/2015
Routledge
€66.99
Available for download
E-Book
04/2015
Routledge
€67.49
Available for download
Persons
Lilian Chee is Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore.
Edna Lim is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore.
Edna Lim is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore.
Content
Foreword Ryan Bishop 1. Asian Cinemas and the Potential of Cinematic Space Lilian Chee and Edna Lim 2. Between the Visible and the Intelligible in Asian Cinema Ackbar Abbas Part 1: Ephemeral Space 3. Notes from Elsewhere: Spaces of Longing in Tr?n Anh Hung's Vertical Ray of the Sun Christophe Robert 4. Between Demolition and Construction: Performing Drifting Identities in Jia Zhangke's Films Esther M.K. Cheung 5. Chasing Inuka: Rambling around Singapore through Tan Pin Pin's Films Lilian Chee 6. Chiang Mai and the Cinematic Spaces of Thai Identity Adam Knee Part 2: Imagined Space 7. The Superflat Space of Japanese Anime Deborah Shamoon 8. Imagining Nanyang: Hong Kong and Southeast Asia in Wong Kar-wai movies Lai Chee Kien 9. Air Hostess and Atmosphere: The Persistence of the Tableau Charles Leary 10. Space and Verisimilitude in the Films of Singapore's "Golden Age" Timothy R White Part 3: Contested Space 11. Performing the Multicultural Space in Opera Jawa: The Tension Between the National and Transnational Stage Ugoran Prasad and Intan Paramaditha 12. Cinema as Ritual Space: O Meul's Jiseul Sohl Lee 13. Counter-Performance: The Heartland and Other Spaces in Eating Air and 15 Edna Lim 14. Ismene and Antigone in Sri Lanka's Black Cinema Anoma Pieris