Asian Cinema: A Regional View

This book explores the collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition, and reception that have shaped a regional Asian cinema in the last three decades, contributing to the fields of transnational and world cinema.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2022
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Studies the dynamic industrial and cultural transformations that have produced a regional Asian cinema in the last three decades

Includes case studies that illustrate collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition and reception that have shaped a regional Asian cinema in the last three decades
Offers a new framework that synthesises Euro-American film studies approaches and inter-Asia cultural studies methodologies
Contributes to the burgeoning international fields of transnational and world cinema, providing a fresh perspective on Asian cinema through the lens of comparative film studies

Asia's film industries have undergone significant transformation in the last 30 years. From bilateral co-production agreements to pan-Asian financing, Asian cinema has assumed a regional identity well beyond its constituent national cinemas. This book explores the collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition and reception that have enabled greater co-operation and integration between Asia's film industries. In doing so, it contributes to the burgeoning international fields of transnational and world cinema, providing a fresh perspective on Asian cinema through the lens of comparative film studies.

Studies the dynamic industrial and cultural transformations that have produced a regional Asian cinema in the last three decades.

Includes case studies that illustrate collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition and reception that have shaped a regional Asian cinema in the last three decades.

Offers a new framework that synthesises Euro-American film studies approaches and inter-Asia cultural studies methodologies.

Contributes to the burgeoning international fields of transnational and world cinema, providing a fresh perspective on Asian cinema through the lens of comparative film studies.

Asia's film industries have undergone significant transformation in the last 30 years. From bilateral co-production agreements to pan-Asian financing, Asian cinema has assumed a regional identity well beyond its constituent national cinemas. This book explores the collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition and reception that have enabled greater co-operation and integration between Asia's film industries. In doing so, it contributes to the burgeoning international fields of transnational and world cinema, providing a fresh perspective on Asian cinema through the lens of comparative film studies.

Studies the dynamic industrial and cultural transformations that have produced a regional Asian cinema in the last three decades.

Includes case studies that illustrate collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition and reception that have shaped a regional Asian cinema in the last three decades.

Offers a new framework that synthesises Euro-American film studies approaches and inter-Asia cultural studies methodologies.

Contributes to the burgeoning international fields of transnational and world cinema, providing a fresh perspective on Asian cinema through the lens of comparative film studies.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474461771