Semiotics of Exile in Contemporary Chinese Film

Semiotics of Exile in Contemporary Chinese Film
Title Semiotics of Exile in Contemporary Chinese Film PDF eBook
Author H. Zeng
Publisher Springer
Pages 255
Release 2012-09-25
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 1137031638

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Drawing on a variety of film semiotic theories, this book sheds light on works by mainland Chinese directors, Hong Kong New Wave directors, Taiwan New Cinema directors, and overseas Chinese directors. Zeng examines the cultural/historical implications of exile through the detailed analysis of film language and theoretical exploration.

The Chinese Cinema Book

The Chinese Cinema Book
Title The Chinese Cinema Book PDF eBook
Author Song Hwee Lim
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 336
Release 2020-04-30
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 1911239554

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This revised and updated new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of cinema in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as to disaporic and transnational Chinese film-making, from the beginnings of cinema to the present day. Chapters by leading international scholars are grouped in thematic sections addressing key historical periods, film movements, genres, stars and auteurs, and the industrial and technological contexts of cinema in Greater China.

Cultural Semiotics

Cultural Semiotics
Title Cultural Semiotics PDF eBook
Author Anna Maria Lorusso
Publisher Springer
Pages 353
Release 2015-10-21
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1137546999

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Through a reevaluation of the work of some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, this book details how semiotics, social sense, and social communication can function together to analyze how culture works in the contemporary era.

Exploring Intersemiotic Translation Models

Exploring Intersemiotic Translation Models
Title Exploring Intersemiotic Translation Models PDF eBook
Author Haoxuan Zhang
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Pages 201
Release 2023-06-29
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1000885070

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This volume sets out a new paradigm in intersemiotic translation research, drawing on the films of Ang Lee to problematize the notion of films as the simple binary of transmission between the verbal and non-verbal. The book surveys existing research as a jumping-off point from which to consider the role of audiovisual dimensions, going beyond the focus on the verbal as understood in Jakobsonian intersemiotic translation. The volume outlines a methodology comprising a system of various models which draw on both translation studies and film studies frameworks, with each model illustrated with examples from Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Lust, Caution; and Life of Pi. In situating the discussion within the work of a director whose own work straddles East and West and remediates between cultures and semiotic systems, Zhang argues for an understanding of intersemiotic translation in which films are not simply determined by verbal source material but through the process of intersemiotic translators mediating non-verbal, quality-determining materials into the final film. The volume looks ahead to implications for translation and film research more broadly as well as other audiovisual media. This book will appeal to scholars interested in translation studies, film studies, media studies and cultural studies in general.

The History of the Kiss!

The History of the Kiss!
Title The History of the Kiss! PDF eBook
Author M. Danesi
Publisher Springer
Pages 240
Release 2013-12-05
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1137376856

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How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues that its romantic incarnation signaled the birth of popular culture.

Film Theory

Film Theory
Title Film Theory PDF eBook
Author Felicity Colman
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 146
Release 2014-06-14
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 0231169736

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Film Theory addresses the core concepts and arguments created or used by academics, critical film theorists, and filmmakers, including the work of Dudley Andrew, Raymond Bellour, Mary Ann Doane, Miriam Hansen, bell hooks, Siegfried Kracauer, Raul Ruiz, P. Adams Sitney, Bernard Stiegler, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. This volume takes the position that film theory is a form of writing that produces a unique cinematic grammar; and like all grammars, it forms part of the system of rules that govern a language, and is thus applicable to wider range of media forms. In their creation of authorial trends, identification of the technology of cinema as a creative force, and production of films as aesthetic markers, film theories contribute an epistemological resource that connects the technologies of filmmaking and film composition. This book explores these connections through film theorisations of processes of the diagrammatisation (the systems, methodologies, concepts, histories) of cinematic matters of the filmic world.

Remaking Gender and the Family

Remaking Gender and the Family
Title Remaking Gender and the Family PDF eBook
Author Sarah Woodland
Publisher BRILL
Pages 167
Release 2018-06-05
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 9004363300

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In Remaking Gender and the Family, Sarah Woodland examines the complexities of Chinese-language cinematic remakes. With a particular focus on how changes in representations of gender and the family between two versions of the same film connect with perceived socio-cultural, political and cinematic values within Chinese society, Woodland explores how source texts are reshaped for their new audiences. In this book, she conducts a comparative analysis of two pairs of intercultural and two pairs of intracultural films, each chapter highlighting a different dimension of remakes, and illustrating how changes in gender representations can highlight not just differences in attitudes towards gender across cultures, but also broader concerns relating to culture, genre, auteurism, politics and temporality.