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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783657903321

Autore

Zhang Yingjin

Titolo

Encyclopedia of Chinese film / / Yingjin Zhang and Zhiwei Xiao ; with additional contributions from Ru-shou Robert Chen. [and others] ; edited by Yingjin Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-74553-2

1-134-74551-6

0-415-75702-9

1-134-74554-0

1-280-32484-8

0-203-19555-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

XiaoZhiwei

Disciplina

791.430951

791.43095103

Soggetti

Motion pictures - China

Motion pictures - Taiwan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-411) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Notes on contributors; Note to the reader; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Classified contents; Chinese cinema; Hong Kong cinema; Taiwan cinema; Transnational cinema; Chinese film in the West; Foreign films in China; Main entries; Bibliography; Select Internet web sites; Glossary of Chinese characters; Index of titles; Index of names; Index of studios

Sommario/riassunto

The Encyclopedia of Chinese Film, one of the first ever encyclopedias in this area, provides alphabetically organized entries on directors, genres, themes, and actors and actresses from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as 300 film synopses. Great care has been taken to provide solid cultural and historical context to the facts. The alphabetical entries are preceded by a substantial historical section, incorporating material on the the main studios and analysing the impact of Chinese film abroad as well as at home in recent years.This Encyclopedia meets the nee