{"product_id":"taiwan-new-cinema-at-film-festivals-9781474496926","title":"Taiwan New Cinema at Film Festivals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaiwan New Cinema (first wave, 1982?1989; second wave, 1990 onward) has a unique history regarding film festivals, particularly in the way these films are circulated at major European film festivals. It shares a common formalist concern about cinematic modernism with its Western counterparts, departing from previous modes of filmmaking that were preoccupied with nostalgically romanticizing China?s image. \u003cbr\u003eThrough utilising in-depth case studies of films by Taiwan-based directors: Tsai Ming-liang, Zhao Deyin and Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai discusses how Taiwan New Cinema represents a struggling configuration of the ?nation?, brought forth by Taiwan?s multilayered colonial and postcolonial histories. \u003ci\u003eTaiwan New Cinema at Film Festivals\u003c\/i\u003e presents the conditions that have led to the production of a national cinema, branding the auteur, and examines shifting representations of cultural identity in the context of globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019915067735,"sku":"9781474496926","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474496926.jpg?v=1750781715","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taiwan-new-cinema-at-film-festivals-9781474496926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}