Asian cinemas are connected to global networks and participate in producing international film history while at the same time influenced and engaged by spatial; cultural; social and political transformations. This interdisciplinary study forwards a productive pairing of Asian cinemas and space; where space is used as a discursive tool to understand cinemas of Asia. Concentrating on the performative potential of cinematic space in Asian films; the contributors discuss how space (re)constructs forms of identities and meanings across a range of cinematic practices. Cities; landscapes; buildings and interiors actively shape cinematic performances of such identities and their significances. The essays are structured around the spatial themes of ephemeral; imagined and contested spaces. They deal with struggles for identity; belonging; autonomy and mobility within different national and transnational contexts across East; Southeast and parts of South Asia in particular; which are complicated by micropolitics and subcultures; and by the interventions and interests of global lobbies.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. History of the MovementBy Mr. J. Lloyd-westA different perspective to other histories of Surrealism.And with lesser known works as well as the more famous ones.
