This book explores the range and dynamism of contemporary Asian
cinemas, covering East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong,
Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia), South Asia
(Bollywood), and West Asia (Iran), in order to discover what is
common about them and to engender a theory or concept of "Asian
Cinema." It goes beyond existing work which provides a field survey
of Asian cinema, probing more deeply into the field of Asian
Cinema, arguing that Asian Cinema constitutes a separate
pedagogical subject, and putting forward an alternative cinematic
paradigm. The book covers "styles," including the works of
classical Asian Cinema masters, and specific genres such as horror
films, and Bollywood and Anime, two very popular modes of Asian
Cinema; "spaces," including artistic use of space and perspective
in Chinese cinema, geographic and personal space in Iranian cinema,
the private "erotic space" of films from South Korea and Thailand,
and the persistence of the family unit in the urban spaces of Asian
big cities in many Asian films; and "concepts" such as
Pan-Asianism, Orientalism, Nationalism and Third Cinema. The rise
of Asian nations on the world stage has been coupled with a growing
interest, both inside and outside Asia, of Asian culture, of which
film is increasingly an indispensable component this book provides
a rich, insightful overview of what exactly constitutes Asian
Cinema.
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