Man-Fung Yip
Biographic Data
| ID | 4369235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Man-Fung Yip |
| GIVEN NAMES | Man-Fung |
| FAMILY NAME | Yip |
| SIGNATURE | YIP M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ambivalence of entertainment
Colonial Hong Kong was a transregional hub of Cold War ideological confrontation. The United States and its Chinese ally, Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan, struggled with Beijing for the hearts of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and around the world. Pro-Communist émigré cinema in the mid-twentieth century was a prime cultural manifestation of this Cold War contest. After an initial period of radicalization and antagonism, the pro-Communist studios in…
The Cold War and Asian Cinemas
Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity
The martial arts film, despite being long regarded as a vehicle of Chinese cultural nationalism, can also paradoxically be conceptualized as a mass cultural expression of Hong Kong’s colonial-capitalist modernity. Moving beyond generalized notions of martial arts cinema’s appeal, this book argues that the important and popular genre articulates the experiential qualities, the competing social subjectivities and gender discourses, as well as the h…
Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity
The martial arts film, despite being long regarded as a vehicle of Chinese cultural nationalism, can also paradoxically be conceptualized as a mass cultural expression of Hong Kong’s colonial-capitalist modernity. Moving beyond generalized notions of martial arts cinema’s appeal, this book argues that the important and popular genre articulates the experiential qualities, the competing social subjectivities and gender discourses, as well as the h…
City Profile
WORLDLIT.ORG 5 When Hong Kong was returned to communist China in 1997 under the “one country, two systems” principle, no one really knew for sure what would happen to this former British colony. The first decade after the handover was marked by doom and gloom, as the city plunged into a serious economic slump in the midst of a string of crises—the 1997–98 Asian financial turmoil, the 2000 dotcom meltdown, and the 2003 SARS outbreak. It started to…
American and Chinese-Language Cinemas
Introduction: Examining Cultural Flows Lisa Funnell and Man-Fung Yip Part 1: Style, Narrative, Form 1. For the Better or For the Worse, Don't Change Your Husband!: Remake and Appropriation of Films in Republican China, 1911-1949 Zhiwei Xiao 2. A Tale of Two Cinemas: Embracing and Rejecting Hollywood's Influence in 1930s Shanghai - A Precursor to 21st Century Capitalist/Communist Dreams? Alison Hume 3. Glocal Sounds and the Synth-Pop Scores of Hon…
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American and Chinese-Language Cinemas
Introduction: Examining Cultural Flows Lisa Funnell and Man-Fung Yip Part 1: Style, Narrative, Form 1. For the Better or For the Worse, Don't Change Your Husband!: Remake and Appropriation of Films in Republican China, 1911-1949 Zhiwei Xiao 2. A Tale of Two Cinemas: Embracing and Rejecting Hollywood's Influence in 1930s Shanghai - A Precursor to 21st Century Capitalist/Communist Dreams? Alison Hume 3. Glocal Sounds and the Synth-Pop Scores of Hon…
Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity
The martial arts film, despite being long regarded as a vehicle of Chinese cultural nationalism, can also paradoxically be conceptualized as a mass cultural expression of Hong Kong’s colonial-capitalist modernity. Moving beyond generalized notions of martial arts cinema’s appeal, this book argues that the important and popular genre articulates the experiential qualities, the competing social subjectivities and gender discourses, as well as the h…
Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity
The martial arts film, despite being long regarded as a vehicle of Chinese cultural nationalism, can also paradoxically be conceptualized as a mass cultural expression of Hong Kong’s colonial-capitalist modernity. Moving beyond generalized notions of martial arts cinema’s appeal, this book argues that the important and popular genre articulates the experiential qualities, the competing social subjectivities and gender discourses, as well as the h…
City Profile
WORLDLIT.ORG 5 When Hong Kong was returned to communist China in 1997 under the “one country, two systems” principle, no one really knew for sure what would happen to this former British colony. The first decade after the handover was marked by doom and gloom, as the city plunged into a serious economic slump in the midst of a string of crises—the 1997–98 Asian financial turmoil, the 2000 dotcom meltdown, and the 2003 SARS outbreak. It started to…
The Cold War and Asian Cinemas
Ambivalence of entertainment
Colonial Hong Kong was a transregional hub of Cold War ideological confrontation. The United States and its Chinese ally, Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan, struggled with Beijing for the hearts of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and around the world. Pro-Communist émigré cinema in the mid-twentieth century was a prime cultural manifestation of this Cold War contest. After an initial period of radicalization and antagonism, the pro-Communist studios in…
Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (5 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Movie theater (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works)