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Hong Kong Cinema Since 1997

The Post-Nostalgic Imagination

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  • © 2009

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  1. Vivian P. Y. Lee
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 1-18

  3. Time and Memory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Post-nostalgia: In the Mood for Love and 2046

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 21-42

    3. Cinematic Remembrances: Ordinary Heroes and Little Cheung

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 43-65

    4. Allegory, Kinship, and Redemption: Fu Bo and Isabella

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 66-84

  5. In and Out

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Migrants in a Strange City: (Dis-)Locating the China Imaginary

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 163-183

    3. Outside the Nation: The Pan-Asian Trajectory of Applause Pictures

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 184-210

    4. The Hong Kong Multiplex: An Unfolding Narrative

      • Vivian P. Y. Lee
      Pages 211-217

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 218-254
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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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