Overview
- Considers the cultural implications of the popularity of low-budget film Crazy Stone
- Offers an interdisciplinary approach to analysis of contemporary Chinese cinema
- Provides a nuanced genre study of Chinese neo noir
Part of the book series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World (CLCW)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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About this book
Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema offers an in-depth discussion of the “stone phenomenon” in Chinese film production and cinematic discourses triggered by the extraordinary success of the 2006 low-budget film, Crazy Stone. Surveying the nuanced implications of the film noir genre, Harry Kuoshu argues that global neo noir maintains a mediascape of references, borrowings, and re-workings and explores various social and cultural issues that constitute this Chinese episode of neo noir. Combining literary explorations of carnival, postmodernism, and post-socialism, Kuoshu advocates for neo noir as a cultural phenomenon that connects filmmakers, film critics, and film audiences rather than an industrial genre.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Harry H. Kuoshu is Herring Endowed Chair in Asian Studies and Film Studies at Furman University, USA, where he teaches courses on Chinese film, literature, culture and language. In addition to scholarly articles, he is the author of Lightness of Being in China (1999), Celluloid China (2002), and Metro Movies: Cinematic Urbanism in Post-Mao China (2011).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema
Authors: Harry H. Kuoshu
Series Title: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73081-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73080-2Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73081-9Published: 20 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2945-7254
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7262
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 158
Number of Illustrations: 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Literature, Asian Cinema and TV, Cultural Theory, Literary Theory, Film Theory, Close Reading