| Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema 2021 Edition Contributor(s): Kuoshu, Harry H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030730808 ISBN-13: 9783030730802 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Social Science - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.79 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema offers an in-depth discussion of the "stone phenomenon" in Chinese film production and cinematic discourses triggered by the extraordinary success of the 2006 low-budget film, Crazy Stone. Surveying the nuanced implications of the film noir genre, Harry Kuoshu argues that global neo noir maintains a mediascape of references, borrowings, and re-workings and explores various social and cultural issues that constitute this Chinese episode of neo noir. Combining literary explorations of carnival, postmodernism, and post-socialism, Kuoshu advocates for neo noir as a cultural phenomenon that connects filmmakers, film critics, and film audiences rather than an industrial genre. |