China Forever
The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema
Published on 18. July 2008
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-252-03273-8 (ISBN)
Description
Started in Shanghai in the 1920s, the legendary Shaw Brothers Studio began to dominate the worldwide Chinese film market after moving its production facilities to Hong Kong in 1957. Drawing together scholars from such diverse disciplines as history, cultural geography, and film studies, China Forever addresses how the Shaw Brothers raised the production standards of Hong Kong cinema, created a pan-Chinese cinema culture and distribution network, helped globalize Chinese-language cinema, and appealed to the cultural nationalism of the Chinese who found themselves displaced and unsettled in many parts of the world during the twentieth century. Contributors are Timothy P. Barnard, Cheng Pei-pei, Ramona Curry, Poshek Fu, Lane J. Harris, Law Kar, Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Lilly Kong, Siu Leung Li, Paul G. Pickowicz, Fanon Che Wilkins, Wong Ain-ling, and Sai-shing Yung.
Reviews / Votes
"Something for everyone . . . effectively lays down a solid foundation for further research."--China Quarterly "An impressive, in-depth inquiry into the historical mutations, cultural innovations, and political implications of the rise and development of the Shaw Brothers' movie empire. Of the many volumes on Hong Kong movie industries, this is the first to focus solely on the history of the Shaw Brothers."--David Der-wei Wang, author of The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China"This instructive book will be a pleasure for seasoned scholars and amateurs of Hong King cinema alike. Extremely useful for Asian cinema courses, this first book-length study of the Shaw Brothers--who were pioneers in the Chinese language and trans-Asian commercial film industry--provides valuable cultural history and global context."--Tonglin Lu, author of Confronting Modernity in the Cinemas in Taiwan and Mainland China "Reopens the gates to the Shaw Brothers' legend."--Electronic Book Review
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 black & white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-252-03273-8 (9780252032738)
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Persons
Poshek Fu is a professor of history, cinema studies, and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Between Shanghai and Hong Kong: The Politics of Chinese Cinemas and Passivity, Resistance, and Collaboration: Intellectual Choices in Occupied Shanghai.
Content
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Shaw Brothers Diasporic Cinema 1
Poshek Fu
1. Shaw Cinema Enterprise and Understanding Cultural Industries 27
Lily Kong
2. Shaw's Cantonese Productions and Their Interactions with Contemporary Local and Hollywood Cinema 57
Law Kar
3. Embracing Glocalization and Hong Kong-Made Musical FIlm 74
Siu Leung Li
4. Three Readings of Hong Kong Nocturne 95
Paul G. Pickowicz
5. The Black-and-White Wenyi Films of Shaws 115
Wong Ain-ling
6. Territorialization and the Entertainment Industry of the Shaw Brothers in Southeast Asia 133
Sai-shing Yung
7. The Shaw Brothers' Malay FIlms 154
Timothy P. Barnard
8. Bridging the Pacific with Love Eterne 174
Ramona Curry
9. Black Audiences, Blaxploitation and Kung Fu Films, and Challenges to White Celluloid Masculinity 199
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua
10. Shaw Brothers Cinema and the Hip-Hop Imagination 224
Fanon Che Wilkins
11. Reminiscences of the Life of an Actress in Shaw Brothers' Movietown 246
Cheng Pei-pei
(translated by Jing Jing Chang and Jeff McClain)
Select Filmography 255
Lane J. Harris
Contributors 257
Index 261
Introduction: The Shaw Brothers Diasporic Cinema 1
Poshek Fu
1. Shaw Cinema Enterprise and Understanding Cultural Industries 27
Lily Kong
2. Shaw's Cantonese Productions and Their Interactions with Contemporary Local and Hollywood Cinema 57
Law Kar
3. Embracing Glocalization and Hong Kong-Made Musical FIlm 74
Siu Leung Li
4. Three Readings of Hong Kong Nocturne 95
Paul G. Pickowicz
5. The Black-and-White Wenyi Films of Shaws 115
Wong Ain-ling
6. Territorialization and the Entertainment Industry of the Shaw Brothers in Southeast Asia 133
Sai-shing Yung
7. The Shaw Brothers' Malay FIlms 154
Timothy P. Barnard
8. Bridging the Pacific with Love Eterne 174
Ramona Curry
9. Black Audiences, Blaxploitation and Kung Fu Films, and Challenges to White Celluloid Masculinity 199
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua
10. Shaw Brothers Cinema and the Hip-Hop Imagination 224
Fanon Che Wilkins
11. Reminiscences of the Life of an Actress in Shaw Brothers' Movietown 246
Cheng Pei-pei
(translated by Jing Jing Chang and Jeff McClain)
Select Filmography 255
Lane J. Harris
Contributors 257
Index 261