Abstract
Review: Olivia Khoo, Asian Cinema: A Regional View
Highlights
Until recently there has been a trend in western scholarship of approaching Asian cinema largely from the perspective of national contexts
An interesting mix when considering her approach in this book, where Asian cinema itself becomes a transnational venture
It is a direct challenge to the hegemony of colonial cinemas that imbricates European settlers into the entire ecosystem of film production, and the decolonisation of these institutions. This method could not work with Asian cinema, since Asian cinema was never able to arise in and of itself, rather the fluctuating and negotiated category of “Asian” has led to myriad considerations of what the term could encompass
Summary
Until recently there has been a trend in western scholarship of approaching Asian cinema largely from the perspective of national contexts. Chapters of the book focus on pan-Asian productions and Asian remakes of other Asian films. The book does not focus on comprehending Asian cinema from a Western perspective, limited in its lived understanding of Asia in general, and each region but instead considers several perspectives unique to Asia’s own historical, cultural, and economic contexts.
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