The Authorship of Place
A Cultural Geography of the New Chinese Cinemas
Distributed for Hong Kong University Press
224 pages
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19 halftones
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7 x 10
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Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Film Authorship as Place Making
Part 1: Nation Building
1. Appreciate from Afar: Longing for Home in Li Xing’s and Wang Tong’s Xiangtu
Film Adaptations
2. Myth Making in Place: Cultivating the Wilderness with Li Xing and Wu Tianming
Part 2: Homecoming
3. Reel Pilgrims: Experiencing Life with Chen Kaige
4. A Home in Becoming: Forging Taiwan’s Imagined Community in Jiufen
Part 3: Salvage
5. Hou Xiaoxian as Ambassador: Performing Cross-Strait Histories in the “Taiwan Trilogy”
6. Translocalities of Sadness: Touring Inauthentic Geographies with Hou Xiaoxian and Jia Zhangke
Conclusion: Place and the Politics of Nation Branding
References
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Film Authorship as Place Making
Part 1: Nation Building
1. Appreciate from Afar: Longing for Home in Li Xing’s and Wang Tong’s Xiangtu
Film Adaptations
2. Myth Making in Place: Cultivating the Wilderness with Li Xing and Wu Tianming
Part 2: Homecoming
3. Reel Pilgrims: Experiencing Life with Chen Kaige
4. A Home in Becoming: Forging Taiwan’s Imagined Community in Jiufen
Part 3: Salvage
5. Hou Xiaoxian as Ambassador: Performing Cross-Strait Histories in the “Taiwan Trilogy”
6. Translocalities of Sadness: Touring Inauthentic Geographies with Hou Xiaoxian and Jia Zhangke
Conclusion: Place and the Politics of Nation Branding
References
Index
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