Citing China Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema (Critical Interventions) by GinaMarchetti Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-8434-5, ISBN: 0-8248-8434-5
"Citing China explores the role film plays in creating a common ground for the exchange of political and aesthetic ideas between China and the rest of the world. It does so by examining the depiction of China in contemporary film, looking at how global filmmakers “cite” China on screen. Author Gina Marchetti’s aim is not to point to how China continues to function as a metaphor or allusion that has little to do with the geopolitical actu ..."
"The Chinese Diaspora on American Screens looks at the way in which issues of race and sexuality have become central concerns in cinema generated by and about Chinese communities in America after the mid-1990s."
"THIS COLLECTION OFFERS NEW APPROACHES TO THEORIZING ASIAN FILM IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY, CULTURE, GEOPOLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE CONTINENT. BRINGING TOGETHER ORIGINAL ESSAYS WRITTEN BY ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING SCHOLARS, THIS ANTHOLOGY TRANSCENDS THE LIMITATIONS OF NATIONAL BORDERS TO DO JUSTICE TO THE DIVERSE WAYS IN WHICH THE CINEMA SHAPES ASIA GEOGRAPHICALLY AND IMAGINATIVELY IN THE WORLD TODAY. FROM THE REVIVAL OF THE SILK ROAD A ..."
From Tian'anmen to Times Square Transnational China and the Chinese Diaspora on Global Screens, 1989-1997 by Reviewer GinaMarchetti Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59213-278-2, ISBN: 1-59213-278-2
""From Tian'anmen to Times Square: Transnational China and the Chinese Diaspora on Global Screens, 1989-1997" explores the important interconnections involving questions of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality on world screens by examining a range of films, videos, and digital works associated with global Chinese culture. The ways in which the world has imagined China and the images the Chinese have used to depict themselves have chang ..."
A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema(1st Edition) (CNCZ - Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas) by Editor: GinaMarchetti . Hardcover, 640 Pages, Published 2015 by Wiley-Blackwell ISBN-13: 978-0-470-65928-1, ISBN: 0-470-65928-9
"A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema provides the first comprehensive scholarly exploration of this unique global cinema. By embracing the interdisciplinary approach of contemporary film and cultural studies, this collection navigates theoretical debates while charting a new course for future research in Hong Kong film. Examines Hong Kong cinema within an interdisciplinary context, drawing connections between media, gender, and Asian stu ..."
"Chinese Connections is a valuable new anthology that provides a prismatic look at the cross-fertilization between Chinese film and global popular culture. Leading film scholars consider the influence of world cinema on China-related and Chinese-related cinema over the last five decades. Highlighting the neglected connections between Chinese films and American and European cinema, the editors and contributors examine popular works such a ..."
"In recent years, with the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Archive and growing scholarly interest in the history of Hong Kong cinema, previously neglected historical documents and difficult-to-access films have offered new research materials. As Hong Kong film history comes into sharper focus, its inextricable links across the decades to Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, the United States, and to the far reaches of the Chinese diaspora h ..."
Romance and the "Yellow Peril"(1st Edition) Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction by Reviewer GinaMarchetti Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1994 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-08495-7, ISBN: 0-520-08495-0
"Hollywood films about Asians and interracial sexuality are the focus of Gina Marchetti's provocative new work. While miscegenation might seem an unlikely theme for Hollywood, Marchetti shows how fantasy-dramas of interracial rape, lynching, tragic love, and model marriage are powerfully evident in American cinema. The author begins with a discussion of D. W. Griffith's "Broken Blossoms," then considers later films such as "Shanghai Expr ..."
Citing China Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema (Critical Interventions) by GinaMarchetti, Sheldon H. Lu, Joseph H. Genz Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6657-0, ISBN: 0-8248-6657-6
"Citing China explores the role film plays in creating a common ground for the exchange of political and aesthetic ideas between China and the rest of the world. It does so by examining the depiction of China in contemporary film, looking at how global filmmakers “cite” China on screen. Author Gina Marchetti’s aim is not to point to how China continues to function as a metaphor or allusion that has little to do with the geopolitical actu ..."
From Tian'anmen to Times Square Transnational China and the Chinese Diaspora on Global Screens, 1989-1997 by GinaMarchetti Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59213-277-5, ISBN: 1-59213-277-4
"Global perceptions of China have changed dramatically since the massive student protests that took place in Tian'anmen Square in April 1989. The media spotlight trained on Beijing, and the international uproar over the events of that spring still shape the world's perceptions of the People's Republic and the ways that Chinese people, within and beyond China, see and portray themselves. In From Tian'anmen to Times Square, leading film s ..."
"This collection offers new approaches to theorizing Asian film in relation to the history, culture, geopolitics and economics of the continent. Bringing together original essays written by established and emerging scholars, this anthology transcends the limitations of national borders to do justice to the diverse ways in which the cinema shapes Asia geographically and imaginatively in the world today. From the revival of the Silk Road a ..."
Romance and the Yellow Peril Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction by GinaMarchetti Hardcover, 270 Pages, Published 1994 by Univ Of California Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-520-07974-8, ISBN: 0-520-07974-4
"Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies."
"In Documentary Across Platforms, noted scholar of film and experimental media Patricia R. Zimmermann offers a glimpse into the continually evolving constellation of practices known as documentary and the way in which they investigate, engage with, and interrogate the world. Collected here for the first time are her celebrated essays and speculations about documentary, experimental, and new media published outside of traditional scholarl ..."
"In Documentary Across Platforms, noted scholar of film and experimental media Patricia R. Zimmermann offers a glimpse into the ever-evolving constellation of practices known as "documentary" and the way in which they investigate, engage with, and interrogate the world. Collected here for the first time are her celebrated essays and speculations about documentary, experimental, and new media published outside of traditional scholarly ven ..."
"Chinese Connections is a valuable new anthology that provides a prismatic look at the cross-fertilization between Chinese film and global popular culture. Leading film scholars consider the influence of world cinema on China-related and Chinese-related cinema over the last five decades. Highlighting the neglected connections between Chinese films and American and European cinema, the editors and contributors examine popular works such a ..."
A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema(1st Edition) (CNCZ - Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas) by GinaMarchetti Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2017 by John Wiley & Sons ISBN-13: 978-1-119-06603-3, ISBN: 1-119-06603-4
"A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema provides the first comprehensive scholarly exploration of this unique global cinema. By embracing the interdisciplinary approach of contemporary film and cultural studies, this collection navigates theoretical debates while charting a new course for future research in Hong Kong film. Examines Hong Kong cinema within an interdisciplinary context, drawing connections between media, gender, and Asian stu ..."
"This special issue of positions is a collection of thought-provoking essays that challenges the ways in which the West has traditionally experienced Asia/Pacific film. Focusing on film texts from Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines, the articles explore the powerful emotions of frustration and alienation that cinema can express in the face of modernization and globalization. Contributors examine how specific films-includ ..."
"It takes place in a parking lot of Narita airport where Ryu picks up Toji (
Kashiwaya Michisuke), his younger brother whose study in the USA Ryu's
criminal activities has paid for. When Toji's skateboard stops at the car in which
Ryu is waiting, ..."
Critical Interventions Ser. Citing China : Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema by GinaMarchetti 288 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6660-0, ISBN: 0-8248-6660-6
"but the victim follows, shouting as Xiao Wu runs deep into the background of the
shot. As in the cases of Michel ... Unlike Bresson's Pickpocket and Tam's After
This Our Exile, Jia's Xiao Wu does not use any voice-overs. Rather, music, often
in ..."