East Asian Cinemas - Regional Flows and Global Transformations (Electronic book text)

The recent international success of films from East Asia has stimulated critical reflections on the changing cinemascape in the region. This collection of essays presents a selection of in-depth analyses of the latest developments in East Asian cinemas in the age of globalization. Organised into three thematic clusters--the East Asian Cinemascape, Genre and Transnational Aesthetics; Screen Cultures and Identity Politics; and Filmmakers on Filmmaking--the articles embody a diversity of critical perspectives from academic researchers as well as industry practitioners.