A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema

A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema represents the firstcomprehensive exploration of this unique global cinema. Byembracing the interdisciplinary approach of contemporary film andcultural studies, this collection navigates theoretical debateswhile charting a new course for future research in Hong Kongfilm.

Featuring original contributions from both established and emergingfilm scholars, these essays offer cutting–edge theoreticalperspectives on a broad range of established and emerging topics inthe field and reveal how evolving approaches to historiography,sexuality, and colonialism have shaped our understanding of HongKong film history. The book also poses philosophical questionsconcerning how we understand what we see on screen in Hong Kongcinema and how we make sense of this knowledge.  Building onthis theoretical framework, the volume explores various aspects ofHong Kong film culture within geographic, aesthetic, institutional,cultural, and scholarly contexts. Innovative and thought–provoking, A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema is an essential resource onthe state of contemporary scholarship relating to one of the mostdynamic cinematic traditions in the history of international film.

Esther M.K. Cheung is Department Chairperson, Department ofComparative Literature, School of Humanities, at the University ofHong Kong. She is the author of Fruit Chan s Made in HongKong (2009) and In Pursuit of Independent Visions in HongKong Cinema (2010).

Gina Marchetti is Professor, Department of ComparativeLiterature, School of Humanities, at the University of Hong Kong.Her books include Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race ,Sex and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction (1993) and Andrew Lau and Alan Mak s INFERNAL AFFAIRS TheTrilogy (2007).

Esther C.M. Yau is Associate Professor, Department ofComparative Literature, School of Humanities, at the University ofHong Kong. Her books include At Full Speed: Hong Kong Cinema ina Borderless World (editor, 2001) and New Chinese Cinemas:Forms, Identities, Politics (co–editor, 1996).