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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791567403321

Titolo

Reel Asian [[electronic resource] ] : Asian Canada on screen / / edited by Elaine Chang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, : Coach House Books, c2007

ISBN

1-77056-187-0

1-77056-186-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (478 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChangElaine Kyung

Disciplina

791.43089/95071

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Canada - History

Asians in motion pictures - History

Independent films - Canada - History and criticism

Experimental films - Canada - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Co-published by the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Hyphe-Nation;  or, Screening 'Asian Canada'; Overview: Looking Back and Looking Forward; Tracking Shots: Mapping the Asian Canadian Filmscape; Eating Chinese; Stills Part I; Rice Bowl Diaries; F-Words; Memory, Again; Vancouver Asian: West Coast Film Cultures, on the Rim and at the end of the Line; The King of Main: Unplugged; 'Let your Fingers do the Walking': Rereading HO TAM's the Yellow Pages; Stills Part II; Men and Monsters; Albertasia: Asian Canadian Films on the Prairies; Home Misses You

Searching for the White-Haired Girl Letters from Seoul; Adventures in Celluloid Gold Mountain; Stills Part III; Queer Hongcouver and Other Fictions; Black Magic Buddhism; Cinematic Imag(in)ings of the Japanese Canadian Internment; Chinatown Tomb Raider: Reflections on Kung fu Fridays; La Chinoise;  or, 'the other'; Reel Asian, then and Now; Snapshots; Stills Part IV; Resources; Contributors; Artists' Works; Distributor Contact Information; Image and Photo Credits; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

Founded in 1997 by producer Anita Lee and journalist Andrew Sun, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora. The



festival fosters the exchange of cultural and artistic ideals between East and West, provides a public forum for homegrown Asian media artists and their work and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.  In Reel Asian: Asian Canada on Screen, contributors, many of them filmmakers, examine East and Southeast Asian Canadian contributions to independent film