Chinese Literature and Culture in the World

Kuoshu, Harry H.

Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema offers an in-depth discussion of the “stone phenomenon” in Chinese film production and cinematic discourses triggered by the extraordinary success of the 2006 low-budget film, Crazy Stone. Surveying the nuanced implications of the film noir genre, Harry Kuoshu argues that global neo noir maintains a mediascape of references, borrowings, and re-workings and explores various social and cultural issues that constitute this Chinese episode of neo noir. Combining literary explorations of carnival, postmodernism, and post-socialism, Kuoshu advocates for neo noir as a cultural phenomenon that connects filmmakers, film critics, and film audiences rather than an industrial genre.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2021-04-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030730802

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73081-9

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 158