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Encyclopedia of Chinese Film by"Zhiwei Xiao","Yingjin Zhang"
The Encyclopedia of Chinese Film, one of the first ever encyclopedias in this area, provides alphabetically organized entries on directors, genres, themes, and actors and actresses from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as 300 film synopses. Great care has been taken to provide solid cultural and historical context to the facts. The alphabetical entries are preceded by a substantial historical section, incorporating material on the the main studios and analysing the impact of Chinese film abroad as well as at home in recent years. This Encyclopedia meets the needs, equally, of * the film studies scholar * the student of Chinese culture * the specialist in Chinese film * the curious viewer wanting to know more. Additional features include: * comprehensive cross-references and suggestions for further reading * a list of relevant websites * a chronology of films and a classified contents list * three indexes - (one of film and tv titles with directors names and year of release, one of names including actors, writers, directors and producers and one of studios, all with pinyin romanizations) * a glossary of pinyin romanizations, Chinese characters and English equivalents to aid the specialist in moving between Chinese titles and English translations.
Encyclopedia of Chinese Film
By:"Zhiwei Xiao","Yingjin Zhang"
Published on 2002-06-01 by Routledge
BOOKS ID : XAeGAgAAQBAJ
Ebook Title : Encyclopedia of Chinese Film
ETAG : RoE82yi71Ho
ISBN_13 Code : 9781134745548
ISBN_10 Code : 1134745540
Book Print Type : BOOK
Rank : 15 for keyword gambling movies
Book Author :"Zhiwei Xiao","Yingjin Zhang"
Publisher : Routledge
Book Pages Count : 504
Print Type : BOOK
Book's Categories :"Reference"
Books Language : en
Text to Speech Access : ALLOWED
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