Mapping Taiwanese Cinema, 2008-20 by Christopher Brown - 9781474478281

Name: Mapping Taiwanese Cinema, 2008-20 by Christopher Brown - 9781474478281
Brand: Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press

Mapping Taiwanese Cinema, 2008-20Environments, Poetics, Practice\nAuthor(s): Christopher Brown\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781474478281, 978-1474478281\nSynopsis\nWhat is the relationship between filmmaking and mapping? Accounting for the unique characteristics of Taiwans cinema from 2008 to 2020, this book examines how filmmakers have depicted and imagined the islands diverse environments. Drawing on cinema, cartography, and cultural studies, Christopher Brown argues that by refocusing attention on how films are shaped through a process of construction, the tradition of film poetics enables us to think about Taiwanese cinema differently: as a form of mapping. Wide-ranging in scope and drawing on original interviews with contemporary filmmakers, the analysis appraises case studies including works of popular entertainment, genre cinema such as comedies and horror, films about indigenous commuy