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

• Pubblicazione: Toronto, : Coach House Books, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (478 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43089/95071
• Soggetto topico: Motion pictures - Canada - History; Asians in motion pictures - History; Independent films - Canada - History and criticism; Experimental films - Canada - History and criticism
• Altri autori: ChangElaine Kyung
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Reel Asian
• ISBN: 1-77056-187-0; 1-77056-186-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791567403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II