Transnational Chinese Cinemas: Identity, Nationhood, Gender is a non-fiction collection of essays edited by Sheldon Hsiao-peng Lu, published in 1997 by University of Hawaiʻi Press.

It discusses film from multiple territories, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.[1]

Background

The editor gave a conference in 1994 titled "Rethinking Cross-Cultural Analysis and Chinese Cinema Studies," delivered at the University of Pittsburgh.[2] The articles of the book were previously published elsewhere, with most of them originating from that conference. The articles were written by people specializing in different academic fields.[3]

Reception

Robert Ru-Shou Chen of National Taiwan College of Art wrote that the book is "a valuable book in updating our study of" the subject matter.[4]

Stanley Rosen of the University of Southern California praised the book for minimizing issues he saw in academic essay compilations stemming from academic conferences.[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Clark, p. 132.
  2. ^ Chen, p. 152.
  3. ^ a b Rosen, p. 209.
  4. ^ Chen, p. 155.

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