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Arresting cinema : surveillance in Hong Kong film

Title
Arresting cinema : surveillance in Hong Kong film / Karen Fang.
Author
Fang, Karen (Karen Y.), 1973-
Publication
  • Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Description
xiii, 226 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Surveillance in motion pictures
  • Crime films > China > Hong Kong > History and criticism
  • Motion pictures > China > Hong Kong > History
  • Crime films
  • Motion pictures
  • China > Hong Kong
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a race of peeping Toms? : "Rear window ethics" in Hong Kong -- Watching the watchman : Michael Hui's surveillance comedies -- On the "China watch" : prosperity and paranoia in reunification-era Cinema -- "Only" a policeman : joint venture cinema and the mediatization of the Hong Kong police -- "Representing the Chinese government" : Hong Kong undercover in an age of self-censorship -- Conclusion : toward a global surveillance cinema.
Call Number
MFL 17-1229
ISBN
  • 9780804798914
  • 0804798915
  • 9781503600706
  • 150360070X
LCCN
2016031403
OCLC
949986808
Author
Fang, Karen (Karen Y.), 1973- author.
Title
Arresting cinema : surveillance in Hong Kong film / Karen Fang.
Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Fang, Karen (Karen Y.), 1973- author. Arresting cinema Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016 9781503600751 (DLC) 2016041187
Research Call Number
MFL 17-1229
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