Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema

von Harry H. Kuoshu

158 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik
• ISBN: 9783030730802
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.04.2021
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing