Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China: Kaleidoscopic Histories

Synopsis

This Volume Features New Work On Cinema In Early Twentieth-century Hong Kong, Taiwan, And Republican China. Looking Beyond Relatively Well-studied Cities Like Shanghai, These Essays Foreground Cinema’s Relationship With Imperialism And Colonialism And Emphasize The Rapid Development Of Cinema As A Sociocultural Institution. These Essays Examine Where Films Were Screened; How Cinema-going As A Social Activity Adapted From And Integrated With Existing Social Norms And Practices; The Extent To Which Cantonese Opera And Other Regional Performance Traditions Were Models For The Development Of Cinematic Conventions; The Role Foreign Films Played In The Development Of Cinema As An Industry In The Republican Era; And Much More.