Extraterritoriality - by Victor Fan (Paperback)

About the Book

Examining how Hong Kong filmmakers, spectators and critics wrestled with this perturbation between the Leftist Riots (1967) and the aftermath of the Umbrella Movement (2014), this book traces how Hong Kong's extraterritoriality has been framed.

Book Synopsis

Examining how Hong Kong filmmakers, spectators and critics wrestled with this perturbation between the Leftist Riots (1967) and the aftermath of the Umbrella Movement (2014), this book traces how Hong Kong's extraterritoriality has been framed: in its position of being doubly occupied and doubly abandoned by contesting juridical, political, linguistic and cultural forces.
Extraterritoriality scrutinises creative works in mainstream cinema, independent films, television, video artworks and documentaries - especially those by marginalised artists - actively rewriting and reconfiguring how Hong Kong cinema and media are to be defined and located.

From the Back Cover

'Fan forges a bracingly original perspective on the conjunction of cinema and politics in this book, which sets out an authoritative history of Hong Kong cinema while also radically rethinking the basis on which such a history - constituted by dispossession and exclusion, rather than identity and belonging - can be composed.' Jean Ma, Stanford University What are Hong Kong cinema and media? Where do we locate them? Examining how Hong Kong filmmakers, spectators, and critics wrestled with this perturbation between the Leftist Riots (1967) and the aftermath of the Umbrella Movement (2014), this book traces how Hong Kong's extraterritoriality has been framed: in its position of being doubly occupied and doubly abandoned by contesting juridical, political, linguistic and cultural forces. Extraterritoriality scrutinises creative works in mainstream cinema, independent films, television, video artworks, and documentaries - especially those by marginalised artists - actively rewriting and reconfiguring how Hong Kong cinema and media are to be defined and located. Victor Fan is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at King's College London and Film Consultant to the Chinese Visual Festival. Cover image: A Family Tour, 2018. Directed by Ying Liang Cover design: www.paulsmithdesign.com [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-4042-4 Barcode

Review Quotes

Fan forges a bracingly original perspective on the conjunction of cinema and politics in this book, which sets out an authoritative history of Hong Kong cinema while also radically rethinking the basis on which such a history - constituted by dispossession and exclusion, rather than identity and belonging - can be composed.--Professor Jean Ma, Stanford University

About the Author

Victor Fan is Senior Lecturer at Film Studies, King's College London and Film Consultant of the Chinese Visual Festival. His articles have appeared in journals including Camera Obscura, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Screen and Film History: An International Journal. His first book, 'Cinema Approaching Reality: Locating Chinese Film Theory', was published in 2015 by the University of Minnesota Press. Besides his academic works, Fan is also a composer, theatre director and filmmaker.