Illustrations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. A Note on Language xiii
6. Preface xvi
7. PART I NEW BEGINNINGS
8. Chapter 1 Locating Sinophone Cinema 1
9. Chapter 2 The Sinifi cation of Early Shanghai and Hong Kong Cinema 22
10. PART II NEW DIRECTIONS
11. Chapter 3 Huangmei diao pian 59
12. Chapter 4 Caizi/Jiaren Romance in Disguise 85
13. Chapter 5 Fanchuan Acting: Cross-dressing and Performative Transsexualities 105
14. PART III NEW IMAGINARIES
15. Chapter 6 Tongzhi Articulations in Fengyue Films 127
16. Chapter 7 Transness: Hong Kong’s Bond Movies (Bangpian) 154
17. PART IV NEW WAVES
18. Chapter 8 Tsui Hark: Accented Cinema 173
19. Chapter 9 Tsui Hark: Time-bomb Cinema 189
20. Chapter 10 Tsui Hark: New Localisms 207
21. Afterword 231
22. Appendix 1: A Selection of Chineselanguage Opera Film Avatars 238
23. Appendix 2: Glossary of Chineselanguage Film Titles 244
24. Appendix 3: Glossary of Chineselanguage Persons, Film Companies/ Studios, Opera Troupes and Media 257
25. Appendix 4: Glossary of Chineselanguage Terms and Phrases 277
26. Filmography and TV Resources 285
27. References and Further Reading 296
28. Index 334