A Tale of Two Cinemas: Embracing and Rejecting Hollywood’s Influence in 1930’s Shanghai – a Precursor to 21st Century Capitalist/Communist dreams?

Alison Hulme

A Tale of Two Cinemas: Embracing and Rejecting Hollywood’s Influence in 1930’s Shanghai – a Precursor to 21st Century Capitalist/Communist dreams?

Alison Hulme

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Abstract

Critics frequently describe the influence of "America," through Hollywood and other cultural industries, as a form of cultural imperialism. This unidirectional model of interaction does not address, however, the counter-flows of Chinese-language films into the American film market or the influence of Chinese filmmakers, film stars, and aesthetics in Hollywood.

The aim of this collection is to (re)consider the complex dynamics of transnational cultural flows between American and Chinese-language film industries. The goal is to bring a more historical perspective to the subject, focusing as much on the Hollywood influence on early Shanghai or postwar Hong Kong films as on the intensifying flows between American and Chinese-language cinemas in recent decades. Contributors emphasize the processes of appropriation and reception involved in transnational cultural practices, examining film production, distribution, and reception.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	American and Chinese-Language Cinemas: Examining Cultural Flows
Editors	Lisa Funnell, Man-Fung Yip
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	2
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315849560
ISBN (Print)	9780415731829, 9781138305854
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2014

Publication series

Name	Routledge Advances in Film Studies
Publisher	Routledge

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Hulme, A. (2014). A Tale of Two Cinemas: Embracing and Rejecting Hollywood’s Influence in 1930’s Shanghai – a Precursor to 21st Century Capitalist/Communist dreams? In L. Funnell, & M.-F. Yip (Eds.), American and Chinese-Language Cinemas: Examining Cultural Flows (Routledge Advances in Film Studies). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315849560-4/tale-two-cinemas-alison-hulme?context=ubx&refId=2e7fa03c-212c-419e-92a2-a2e202801ade

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