Wong Kar-wai's controversial film, "Happy Together", shows two gay Chinese men in Buenos Aires and probes masculinity, aggression, identity and homosexuality. This text examines this memorable film, placing it within the context of other films by Wong Kar-wai and other Hong Kong…
Is a unique, transcultural, interdisciplinary conversation on authorship, feminist cinema, transnational gender, and cinematic agency and representation. Comprehensive introduction recounts the history and limitations of established feminist film theory, particularly its relatio…
"Though underappreciated in contemporary film criticism, Bullet in the Head is a landmark in John Woo's career as a film director. Featuring strong early work by Hong Kong stars such as Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Simon Yam, the film functions both as a modern Jacobean revenge trage…
"On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese colony for almost four years. The Japanese occupation was a turning point in the slow historical process by which the British were to be expelled from the colony and from four centuri…
This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities, including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta. The comparison draws out lessons that each city can learn from the others. …
This is a guide to some of Asia's most 'happening' cities, and what to do there after dark. There are tips on where to eat, what food is available, and how to order, as well as information on where to stay whether your travelling on business or backpacking around. It also featur…
In this book, Bruner canvasses extant theoretical frameworks used to describe and evaluate the roles of small jurisdictions in cross-border finance. He proposes a new conceptual framework that better captures the characteristics, competitive strategies, and market roles of those…
There is nowhere else in the world quite like Chungking Mansions, a dilapidated seventeen-story commercial and residential structure in the heart of Hong Kong's tourist district. A remarkably motley group of people call the building home; Pakistani phone stall operators, Chinese…
