Hong Kong Crime Films : : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / / Kristof Van den Troost.
Examines the history of the Hong Kong crime film before 1986Departs from the predominant focus on action aesthetics in studies of Hong Kong cinema to focus on the early crime film's close links to local society and politicsDraws on years of research on censorship and the crime film in archives...
Saved in:
VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023] 2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 27 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables 27 b&w images and 1 table |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9781399521789 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)664978 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Van den Troost, Kristof, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Hong Kong Crime Films : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / Kristof Van den Troost. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023] 2023 1 online resource (256 p.) : 27 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables 27 b&w images and 1 table text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- Introduction: Criminal Realism -- Part I: The Generic Landscape of the Post-War Hong Kong Crime Film, 1947-1969 -- 1. Gangsters and Unofficial Justice Fighters: Realist Lunlipian versus Action-Adventure Films -- 2. Detectives and Suspense Thrillers: Remaking Hitchcock in Hong Kong -- Intermezzo: Censorship of Cinematic Crime and Violence in Colonial Hong Kong -- Part II: The Modern Hong Kong Crime Film, Criminal Realism and Hong Kong Identity, 1969-1986 -- 3. A New Form of Criminal Realism -- 4. Crime Films and Hong Kong Identity -- 5. The New Wave, Critical Discourse and Deepening Localisation -- Afterword: The Uncertain Present and Future of Criminal Realism in Hong Kong -- Glossary -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Examines the history of the Hong Kong crime film before 1986Departs from the predominant focus on action aesthetics in studies of Hong Kong cinema to focus on the early crime film's close links to local society and politicsDraws on years of research on censorship and the crime film in archives in Hong Kong and in the United KingdomProvides ample evidence of the often-overlooked role film censorship played in shaping Hong Kong genre cinemaConnects the appearance of the modern crime film in the late 1960s and 1970s to the growing consciousness of a distinctive Hong Kong identityHong Kong Crime Films is the first book detailing the post-war history of the genre before the release of John Woo's A Better Tomorrow (1986), the film that put Hong Kong action-crime on the global map. Focusing on what it calls the mode of 'criminal realism' in the crime film, the book shows how depictions of Hong Kong's social reality (including crime) were for decades anxiously policed by colonial censors, and how crime films tended (and still tend) to confound and transgress critical definitions of realism.Drawing on extensive archival research, Hong Kong Crime Films covers several neglected topics in the study of Hong Kong cinema, such as the evolving generic landscape of the crime film prior to the 1980s, the influence of colonial film censorship on the genre, and the prominence and contestation of realism" in the local history of the crime film." Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023) Crime films China Hong Kong History and criticism. Motion pictures Censorship China Hong Kong History 20th century. Film, Media & Cultural Studies. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production. bisacsh https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399521789 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781399521789 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781399521789/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Van den Troost, Kristof, Van den Troost, Kristof, |
spellingShingle |
Van den Troost, Kristof, Van den Troost, Kristof, Hong Kong Crime Films : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- Introduction: Criminal Realism -- Part I: The Generic Landscape of the Post-War Hong Kong Crime Film, 1947-1969 -- 1. Gangsters and Unofficial Justice Fighters: Realist Lunlipian versus Action-Adventure Films -- 2. Detectives and Suspense Thrillers: Remaking Hitchcock in Hong Kong -- Intermezzo: Censorship of Cinematic Crime and Violence in Colonial Hong Kong -- Part II: The Modern Hong Kong Crime Film, Criminal Realism and Hong Kong Identity, 1969-1986 -- 3. A New Form of Criminal Realism -- 4. Crime Films and Hong Kong Identity -- 5. The New Wave, Critical Discourse and Deepening Localisation -- Afterword: The Uncertain Present and Future of Criminal Realism in Hong Kong -- Glossary -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index |
author_facet |
Van den Troost, Kristof, Van den Troost, Kristof, |
author_variant |
d t k v dtk dtkv d t k v dtk dtkv |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Van den Troost, Kristof, |
title |
Hong Kong Crime Films : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / |
title_sub |
Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / |
title_full |
Hong Kong Crime Films : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / Kristof Van den Troost. |
title_fullStr |
Hong Kong Crime Films : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / Kristof Van den Troost. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Hong Kong Crime Films : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / Kristof Van den Troost. |
title_auth |
Hong Kong Crime Films : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- Introduction: Criminal Realism -- Part I: The Generic Landscape of the Post-War Hong Kong Crime Film, 1947-1969 -- 1. Gangsters and Unofficial Justice Fighters: Realist Lunlipian versus Action-Adventure Films -- 2. Detectives and Suspense Thrillers: Remaking Hitchcock in Hong Kong -- Intermezzo: Censorship of Cinematic Crime and Violence in Colonial Hong Kong -- Part II: The Modern Hong Kong Crime Film, Criminal Realism and Hong Kong Identity, 1969-1986 -- 3. A New Form of Criminal Realism -- 4. Crime Films and Hong Kong Identity -- 5. The New Wave, Critical Discourse and Deepening Localisation -- Afterword: The Uncertain Present and Future of Criminal Realism in Hong Kong -- Glossary -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index |
title_new |
Hong Kong Crime Films : |
title_sort |
hong kong crime films : criminal realism, censorship and society, 1947-1986 / |
publisher |
Edinburgh University Press, |
publishDate |
2023 |
physical |
1 online resource (256 p.) : 27 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables 27 b&w images and 1 table |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- Introduction: Criminal Realism -- Part I: The Generic Landscape of the Post-War Hong Kong Crime Film, 1947-1969 -- 1. Gangsters and Unofficial Justice Fighters: Realist Lunlipian versus Action-Adventure Films -- 2. Detectives and Suspense Thrillers: Remaking Hitchcock in Hong Kong -- Intermezzo: Censorship of Cinematic Crime and Violence in Colonial Hong Kong -- Part II: The Modern Hong Kong Crime Film, Criminal Realism and Hong Kong Identity, 1969-1986 -- 3. A New Form of Criminal Realism -- 4. Crime Films and Hong Kong Identity -- 5. The New Wave, Critical Discourse and Deepening Localisation -- Afterword: The Uncertain Present and Future of Criminal Realism in Hong Kong -- Glossary -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index |
isbn |
9781399521789 |
callnumber-first |
P - Language and Literature |
callnumber-subject |
PN - General Literature |
callnumber-label |
PN1995 |
callnumber-sort |
PN 41995.9 C66 V36 42024 |
geographic_facet |
China Hong Kong |
era_facet |
20th century. |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399521789 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781399521789 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781399521789/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
700 - Arts & recreation |
dewey-tens |
790 - Sports, games & entertainment |
dewey-ones |
791 - Public performances |
dewey-full |
791.43/655095125 |
dewey-sort |
3791.43 9655095125 |
dewey-raw |
791.43/655095125 |
dewey-search |
791.43/655095125 |
doi_str_mv |
10.1515/9781399521789 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT vandentroostkristof hongkongcrimefilmscriminalrealismcensorshipandsociety19471986 |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)664978 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
is_hierarchy_title |
Hong Kong Crime Films : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / |
_version_ |
1789654385022730240 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04614nam a22006135i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9781399521789</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20231209095929.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">231209t20232023stk fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781399521789</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1515/9781399521789</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)664978</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">stk</subfield><subfield code="c">GB-SCT</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">PN1995.9.C66</subfield><subfield code="b">V36 2024</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PER004010</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">791.43/655095125</subfield><subfield code="2">23/eng/20231121</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Van den Troost, Kristof, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Hong Kong Crime Films :</subfield><subfield code="b">Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 /</subfield><subfield code="c">Kristof Van den Troost.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Edinburgh : </subfield><subfield code="b">Edinburgh University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2023]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">2023</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (256 p.) :</subfield><subfield code="b">27 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables 27 b&w images and 1 table</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">List of Illustrations -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Acknowledgements -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes on Transliteration -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction: Criminal Realism -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part I: The Generic Landscape of the Post-War Hong Kong Crime Film, 1947-1969 -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1. Gangsters and Unofficial Justice Fighters: Realist Lunlipian versus Action-Adventure Films -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2. Detectives and Suspense Thrillers: Remaking Hitchcock in Hong Kong -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Intermezzo: Censorship of Cinematic Crime and Violence in Colonial Hong Kong -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part II: The Modern Hong Kong Crime Film, Criminal Realism and Hong Kong Identity, 1969-1986 -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3. A New Form of Criminal Realism -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4. Crime Films and Hong Kong Identity -- </subfield><subfield code="t">5. The New Wave, Critical Discourse and Deepening Localisation -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Afterword: The Uncertain Present and Future of Criminal Realism in Hong Kong -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Glossary -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Filmography -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Bibliography -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Examines the history of the Hong Kong crime film before 1986Departs from the predominant focus on action aesthetics in studies of Hong Kong cinema to focus on the early crime film's close links to local society and politicsDraws on years of research on censorship and the crime film in archives in Hong Kong and in the United KingdomProvides ample evidence of the often-overlooked role film censorship played in shaping Hong Kong genre cinemaConnects the appearance of the modern crime film in the late 1960s and 1970s to the growing consciousness of a distinctive Hong Kong identityHong Kong Crime Films is the first book detailing the post-war history of the genre before the release of John Woo's A Better Tomorrow (1986), the film that put Hong Kong action-crime on the global map. Focusing on what it calls the mode of 'criminal realism' in the crime film, the book shows how depictions of Hong Kong's social reality (including crime) were for decades anxiously policed by colonial censors, and how crime films tended (and still tend) to confound and transgress critical definitions of realism.Drawing on extensive archival research, Hong Kong Crime Films covers several neglected topics in the study of Hong Kong cinema, such as the evolving generic landscape of the crime film prior to the 1980s, the influence of colonial film censorship on the genre, and the prominence and contestation of realism" in the local history of the crime film."</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Crime films</subfield><subfield code="z">China</subfield><subfield code="z">Hong Kong</subfield><subfield code="x">History and criticism.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Motion pictures</subfield><subfield code="x">Censorship</subfield><subfield code="z">China</subfield><subfield code="z">Hong Kong</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="y">20th century.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Film, Media & Cultural Studies.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399521789</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781399521789</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781399521789/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_MUAR</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_MUAR</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |