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Documenting Taiwan on Film - Issues and Methods in New Documentaries (Paperback)
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Documenting Taiwan on Film - Issues and Methods in New Documentaries (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series
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To date, there is but a handful of articles on documentary films
from Taiwan. This volume seeks to remedy the paucity in this area
of research and conduct a systematic analysis of the genre. Each
contributor to the volume investigates the various aspects of
documentary by focusing on one or two specific films that document
social, political and cultural changes in recent Taiwanese history.
Since the lifting of martial law, documentary has witnessed a
revival in Taiwan, with increasing numbers of young, independent
filmmakers covering a wide range of subject matter, in contrast to
fiction films, which have been in steady decline in their appeal to
local, Taiwanese viewers. These documentaries capture images of
Taiwan in its transformation from an agricultural island to a
capitalist economy in the global market, as well as from an
authoritarian system to democracy. What make these documentaries a
unique subject of academic inquiry lies not only in their
exploration of local Taiwanese issues but, more importantly, in the
contribution they make to the field of non-fiction film studies. As
the former third-world countries and Soviet bloc begin to
re-examine their past and document social changes on film, the case
of Taiwan will undoubtedly become a valuable source of comparison
and inspiration. These Taiwanese documentaries introduce a new,
Asian perspective to the wealth of Anglo-American scholarship with
the potential to serve as exemplar for countries undergoing similar
political and social transformations. Documenting Taiwan on Film is
essential reading for all those interested in Taiwan Studies, film
studies and Asian cinema.
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