Genre in Asian Film and Television : New Approaches

Genre In Asian Film And Television Takes A Dynamic Approach To The Study Of Asian Screen Media Previously Under-represented In Academic Writing. It Combines Historical Overviews Of Developments Within National Contexts With Detailed Case Studies On The Use Of Generic Conventions And Genre Hybridity In Contemporary Films And Television Programmes--provided By Publisher. Machine Generated Contents Note: Introduction / F.chan & A.karpovich -- Non-fiction Genres : Live Or Dead? Televised Theatre And Its Audiences In Bali / M. Hobart -- Law Through A Hybrid Genre In Solomon's Choice: A Case Study Of A Reflection On Law Education Through Television In Korea / J.y. Park -- Eyes Of The Other: The Role Of Chinese Women Through The Lens Of Documentary Films / C.j. Pang -- Almost Propaganda But Not Quite: Identity, Modernity, And The Construction Of 'the Native' In Two Recent Taiwanese Documentaries / H.s. Liao -- Reconsidering Mainstream Genres. Between Mainstream And Alternative: Dialect Drama In China / X. Zhang -- Everything Masala? Genres In Tamil Cinema / M. Christopher -- De-freezing Notions Of The Indian Mythological / V.t. Vardhan -- The Hindi Horror Film: Notes On The Realism Of A Marginal Genre / V. Vitali -- From Genre Flick To Art Film: Seijun Suzuki's Branded To Kill And Pistol Opera / T. Trifonova -- Genre And Cross-cultural Representation. (in)action Film: Genre And Identity In Rashid Nugmanov's The Needle / A. Karpovich -- The Golden Glow Of The Alps: Capitalism, Globalization And Anime's Dreams Of Europe / C. Van Staden -- The Other And The Neighbour: Negotiating Representations Of 'asia' In Bengali Films / M. Mukherjee -- Genre As Cultural Whimsy: Taking To The Road In Takashi Miike's The Bird People In China And Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's Cold Fever / F. Chan -- East Asian Pop Culture / C.b. Huat. Edited By Felicia Chan, Angelina Karpovich, Xin Zhang. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-9 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Live or Dead? Televised Theatre and its Audiences in Bali....Pages 13-32 Law through a Hybrid Genre in Solomon’s Choice: A Case Study of a Reflection on Law Education through Television in Korea....Pages 33-44 Eyes of the Other: The Role of Chinese Women through the Lens of Documentary Films....Pages 45-60 Almost Propaganda But Not Quite: Identity, Modernity and the Construction of ‘The Native’ in Gift of Life and Viva Tonal ....Pages 61-76 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 Between Mainstream and Alternative: Dialect Drama in China....Pages 79-100 Everything Masala? Genres in Tamil Cinema....Pages 101-114 Defreezing Notions of the Indian Mythological....Pages 115-129 The Hindi Horror Film: Notes on the Realism of a Marginal Genre....Pages 130-148 From Genre Flick to Art Film: Seijun Suzuki’s Branded to Kill and Pistol Opera ....Pages 149-162 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 (In)Action Film: Genre and Identity in Rashid Nugmanov’s The Needle ....Pages 165-177 The Golden Glow of the Alps: Capitalism, Globalization and Anime’s Dreams of Europe....Pages 178-193 The Other and the Neighbour: Negotiating Representations of ‘Asia’ in Bengali Films....Pages 194-209 Genre as Cultural Whimsy: Taking to the Road in The Bird People in China and Cold Fever ....Pages 210-221 East Asian Pop Culture....Pages 222-245 Back Matter....Pages 246-255 Genre in Asian Film and Television takes a dynamic approach to the study of Asian screen media previously under-represented in academic writing. It combines historical overviews of developments within national contexts with detailed case studies on the use of generic conventions and genre hybridity in contemporary films and television programmes. Genre in Asian Film and Television interrogates the notions of 'Asia' and 'genre' through various case studies of cross-national and cross-cultural production, representation and reception. Each essay presents new or under-exposed research on various screen media in Asia. Areas of study include national film and television cultures, the politics of national representation and the cross-cultural reception of fiction and non-fiction film, as well as the reconsideration of mainstream film and television genres. Case studies include Indian mythological adaptations and horror films, Japanese B-movies, dialect television in China, representations of Europe in Japanese animation, Indonesian reality TV, East Asian pop culture and Central Asian cinema. The collection aims to shed new light on trans- and intra-Asian discourses on self, neighbour, and nationhood, beyond the old East-West dialectic, discourses whose complexity and richness are mirrored by equally acute and compelling approaches to cinematic and televisual genres 'By studying screen genres in tandem with Asian cultures, this collection provides wide-ranging views of the mediatized discursive formations taking shape around a major geopolitical nexus. A richly informed and informative contribution.' - Rey Chow, Duke University, USA 'This is a welcome, necessary and indeed long-overdue collection on Asian film and television, conceived on the basis of the highly original genres they either generated or creatively remodelled. The impressive array of specialised contributors, as well as the detailed textual and contextual analyses they undertake at each chapter, invariably stand out for their unique insights and sovereign independence from the usual paradigms provided by Western genres. This will be required reading for anyone interested in Asia and its formidable audiovisual output.' - Lucia Nagib, Centenary Professor of World Cinemas, University of Leeds, UK