The Chinese Cinema Book, 2nd ed. (2020), edited by Song Hwee Lim and Julian Ward

The Chinese Cinema Book 2nd ed 2020 edited by Lim and Ward
The Chinese Cinema Book
edited by Song Hwee Lim and Julian Ward
British Film Institute / Bloomsbury
336 pages, 80 bw illustrations, 2020
ISBN: 9781911239536
Publisher website: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-chinese-cinema-book-9781911239536/

Publisher’s description:
This revised and updated new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of cinema in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as to disaporic and transnational Chinese film-making, from the beginnings of cinema to the present day. Chapters by leading international scholars are grouped in thematic sections addressing key historical periods, film movements, genres, stars and auteurs, and the industrial and technological contexts of cinema in Greater China.