Asian Cinema And The Use Of Space: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (routledge Advances In Film Studies)

Synopsis

Foreword / By Ryan Bishop -- Asian Cinemas And The Potential Of Cinematic Space / Lilian Chee And Edna Lim -- Between The Visible And The Intelligible In Asian Cinema / Ackbar Abbas -- Ephemeral Space. Notes From Elsewhere: Spaces Of Longing In Tran Anh Hong's Vertical Ray Of The Sun / Christophe Robert -- Between Demolition And Construction: Performing Drifting Identities In Jia Zhangke's Films / Esther M. K. Cheung -- Chasing Inuka: Rambling Around Singapore Through Tan Pin Pin's Films / Lilian Chee -- Chiang Mai And The Cinematic Spaces Of Thai Identity / Adam Knee -- Imagined Space. The Superflat Space Of Japanese Anime / Deborah Shamoon -- Imagining Nanyang: Hong Kong And Southeast Asia In Wong Kar-wai Movies / Lai Chee Kien -- Air Hostess And Atmosphere: The Persistence Of The Tableau / Charles Leary -- Space And Verisimilitude In The Films Of Singapore's Golden Age / Timothy R. White -- Contested Space. Performing The Multicultural Space In Opera Jawa: The Tension Between The National And Transnational Stages / Ugoran Prasad And Intan Paramaditha -- Cinema As Ritual Space: O Meul's Jiseul / Sohl Lee -- Counter-performance: The Heartland And Other Spaces In Eating Air And 15 / Edna Lim -- Ismene And Antigone In Sri Lanka's Black Cinema / Anoma Pieris. Edited By Lilian Chee And Edna Lim. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.