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Hong Kong Cinema Since 1997

The Post-Nostalgic Imagination

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 1-18
  3. Time and Memory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
  4. Schizophrenia, Amnesia, and Cinephilia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
  5. In and Out

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
    2. The Hong Kong Multiplex: An Unfolding Narrative

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 211-217
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 218-254

About this book

Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia, memory and local histories, this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule.

Reviews

'An important contribution to a growing body of scholarly literature on contemporary Hong Kong cinema, and a valuable update on current trends and practices in Hong Kong film culture.' - Gina Marchetti, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong

'Lee's book offers students of Hong Kong cinema a new and fascinating line of enquiry into the field.'

- Dr Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film

About the author

VIVIAN P.Y.LEE teaches in the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. Her publications on modern Chinese literature and Chinese cinemas have appeared in academic journals and anthologies including Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Scope and Chinese Films in Focus II.

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