Politics of Memory in Sinophone Cinemas and Image Culture

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of Memory in Sinophone Cinemas and Image CultureAltering Archives\nAuthor(s): Peng Hsiao-yen, Ella Raidel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138047457, 978-1138047457\nSynopsis\nCinema archives memories, conserves the past, and rewrites histories. As much as the Sinophone embodies differences, contemporary Sinophone cinemas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Peoples Republic of China invest various images of contested politics in order to assert different histories and self-consciousness. As such, Sinophone cinemas and image production function as archives, with the capability of reinterpreting the multiple dimensions of past and present. \n\nThe Politics of Memory in Sinophone Cinemas and Image Culture investigates Sinophone films and art projects that express this desire for archiving and reconfiguring the past. Comprising ten chapters, this book brings together contributors from an array of disciplines -.