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Book SynopsisThe transnational history and cultural politics of the Shaw Brothers' movie empire
Trade Review“Something for everyone . . . effectively lays down a solid foundation for further research.”--
China Quarterly"An impressive, in-depth inquiry into the historical mutations, cultural innovations, and political implications of the rise and development of the Shaw Brothers’ movie empire. Of the many volumes on Hong Kong movie industries, this is the first to focus solely on the history of the Shaw Brothers."--David Der-wei Wang, author of The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China
"This instructive book will be a pleasure for seasoned scholars and amateurs of Hong King cinema alike. Extremely useful for Asian cinema courses, this first book-length study of the Shaw Brothers--who were pioneers in the Chinese language and trans-Asian commercial film industry--provides valuable cultural history and global context."--Tonglin Lu, author of
Confronting Modernity in the Cinemas in Taiwan and Mainland China"Reopens the gates to the Shaw Brothers' legend."--
Electronic Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Shaw Brothers Diasporic Cinema 1
Poshek Fu 1. Shaw Cinema Enterprise and Understanding Cultural Industries 27
Lily Kong 2. Shaw's Cantonese Productions and Their Interactions with Contemporary Local and Hollywood Cinema 57
Law Kar 3. Embracing Glocalization and Hong Kong-Made Musical FIlm 74
Siu Leung Li 4. Three Readings of
Hong Kong Nocturne 95
Paul G. Pickowicz 5. The Black-and-White
Wenyi Films of Shaws 115
Wong Ain-ling 6. Territorialization and the Entertainment Industry of the Shaw Brothers in Southeast Asia 133
Sai-shing Yung 7. The Shaw Brothers' Malay FIlms 154
Timothy P. Barnard 8. Bridging the Pacific with
Love Eterne 174
Ramona Curry 9. Black Audiences, Blaxploitation and Kung Fu Films, and Challenges to White Celluloid Masculinity 199
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua 10. Shaw Brothers Cinema and the Hip-Hop Imagination 224
Fanon Che Wilkins 11. Reminiscences of the Life of an Actress in Shaw Brothers' Movietown 246
Cheng Pei-pei
(translated by Jing Jing Chang and Jeff McClain) Select Filmography 255
Lane J. Harris Contributors 257
Index 261
