Cinema Taiwan considers the complex problems of popularity, conflicts between transnational capital and local practice, non-fiction and independent filmmaking as emerging modes of address, and new possibilities of forging vibrant film cultures embedded in national (identity) politics, gender/sexuality and community activism. Insightful and challenging, the essays in this collection will attract attention to a globally significant field of cultural production and will appeal to readers from the areas of film studies, cultural studies and Chinese culture and society.
Darrell William Davis is Senior lecturer at the School of Media, Film & Theatre, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Ru-Shou Robert Chen is Associate Professor at the Department of Radio-Television, National Chengchi University.