Tony Williams (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9789888208166
- eISBN:
- 9789888313488
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208166.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This edited volume offers the first comprehensive survey of the cinema of Evans Chan, a New York–based playwright, author, and filmmaker whose acclaimed films include To Liv(e), The Map of Sex and ...
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This edited volume offers the first comprehensive survey of the cinema of Evans Chan, a New York–based playwright, author, and filmmaker whose acclaimed films include To Liv(e), The Map of Sex and Love, and Datong. In this collection of essays on Chan’s documentary and feature films seven experts on cultural and film studies examine the unique blending of fictional representation, historical investigation, and critical essayism that characterize Chan’s oeuvre. They discuss how Chan’s work brings out the contradictory nature of the distant and recent past through his exploration of Hong Kong’s rapid transformation before and after reunification with China in 1997. The volume concludes with an interview with Evans Chan on his work to date.Less
This edited volume offers the first comprehensive survey of the cinema of Evans Chan, a New York–based playwright, author, and filmmaker whose acclaimed films include To Liv(e), The Map of Sex and Love, and Datong. In this collection of essays on Chan’s documentary and feature films seven experts on cultural and film studies examine the unique blending of fictional representation, historical investigation, and critical essayism that characterize Chan’s oeuvre. They discuss how Chan’s work brings out the contradictory nature of the distant and recent past through his exploration of Hong Kong’s rapid transformation before and after reunification with China in 1997. The volume concludes with an interview with Evans Chan on his work to date.
Tony Williams
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9789888208166
- eISBN:
- 9789888313488
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208166.003.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This opening chapter defines the artistic persona of Evans Chan with reference to his personal history – born in China, brought up in Macau and Hong Kong, took a degree in the US, and now lives in ...
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This opening chapter defines the artistic persona of Evans Chan with reference to his personal history – born in China, brought up in Macau and Hong Kong, took a degree in the US, and now lives in New York. Chan is seen as a transnational global subject who possesses a hybrid sensibility towards both Eastern and Western cultures. The essays by the contributors Amy Lee, Tony Williams, Hector Rodriguez, Kenneth Chan, Gina Marchetti, Michael Ingham, and Stacilee Ford are then introduced.Less
This opening chapter defines the artistic persona of Evans Chan with reference to his personal history – born in China, brought up in Macau and Hong Kong, took a degree in the US, and now lives in New York. Chan is seen as a transnational global subject who possesses a hybrid sensibility towards both Eastern and Western cultures. The essays by the contributors Amy Lee, Tony Williams, Hector Rodriguez, Kenneth Chan, Gina Marchetti, Michael Ingham, and Stacilee Ford are then introduced.
