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Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting's An autumn's tale / Stacilee Ford

Author
Ford, Stacilee
Additional Titles
Autumn's tale, Subtitle also in Cinese on cover: Qiu tian de tong hua, and Subtitle also in Cinese on cover: 秋天的童話
Published
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 126 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Series Preface; Preface to An Autumn's Tale; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting and the Women of Hong Kong's Second Wave; 2. An Autumn's Tale as Transnational American Studies; 3. Plot Summary of An Autumn's Tale; 4. An Autumn's Tale, Assimilation, and the American Dream; 5. A Tale of Two Cities: New York in An Autumn's Tale; 6. Reconfiguring Gender in Diaspora; 7. Conclusion; Appendix: Interview with Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting and Alex Law; Notes; Credits; Filmographies; Bibliography.
Summary
This study of An Autumn's Tale argues that Hong Kong films are a window into understanding the shared pasts and ongoing connections between Hong Kong and other globalized cities. Viewed through the lens of transnational American Studies the film sheds important insights on both Hong Kong and U.S. history, culture, and identity.
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ISBN
9789888052523 (electronic bk.)
9888052527 (electronic bk.)
9789622098947 (pbk.)
9622098940 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes filmography (pages 115-119) and bibliographical references (pages 121-126).
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HKU Press digital editions
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