Bøger af Laikwan Pang

An exploration of the history, ideology and aesthetics of China's left-wing cinema movement, a quixotic film culture that was as political as commercial, as militant as sensationalist. The author demonstrates that the movement was a product of the era's social, economic and political discourses.

Laikwan Pang offers a complex critical analysis of creativity, creative industries, and the impact of Western copyright laws on creativity in China.

Analyzes the multiple and complex ways in which urban Chinese subjects saw themselves interacting with the new visual culture that emerged during the turbulent period between the 1880s and the 1930s. This work examines the media and visual forms, including lithography, photography, advertising, film, and theatrical performances.

Challenges that Hollywood/the US creates, produces and exports, with other countries importing, and sometimes pirating 'original' American work. This book focuses on the cinema of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and argues that cultural ownership and copyright are not clear-cut, and that copyright is a means for cultural control.