A companion to Hong Kong cinema / edited by Esther M. K. Cheung, Gina Marchetti, and Esther C.M. Yau. [electronic resource] Cheung, Esther M. K., editor. Marchetti, Gina, editor. Yau, Ching-Mei Esther, editor. Motion pictures China Hong Kong History. Documentary films China Hong Kong History and criticism. PN1993.5.H6 791.43095125 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema provides the first comprehensive scholarly exploration of this unique global cinema. By embracing the interdisciplinary approach of contemporary film and cultural studies, this collection navigates theoretical debates while charting a new course for future research in Hong Kong film. -Examines Hong Kong cinema within an interdisciplinary context, drawing connections between media, gender, and Asian studies, Asian regional studies, Chinese language and cultural studies, global studies, and critical theory -Highlights the often contentious debates that shape current thinking about film as a medium and its possible future -Investigates how changing research on gender, the body, and sexual orientation alter the ways in which we analyze sexual difference in Hong Kong cinema -Charts how developments in theories of colonialism, postcolonialism, globalization, neoliberalism, Orientalism, and nationalism transform our understanding of the economics and politics of the Hong Kong film industry -Explores how the concepts of diaspora, nostalgia, exile, and trauma offer opportunities to rethink accepted ways of understanding Hong Kong's popular cinematic genres and stars. 2015 Text 1 online resource. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118883594 eng Wiley Blackwell companions to national cinemas Wiley-Blackwell companions to national cinemas. Companion to Hong Kong cinema Companion to Hong Kong cinema China Hong Kong. fast (OCoLC)fst01260796 China Hong Kong China Hong Kong