The age of new waves : art cinema and the staging of globalization / James Tweedie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: youth, cities, and the globalization of art cinema. The mise en scène of modernity: the French New Wave, Paris, and the global 1960s -- Walking in the city -- New wave futures -- The urban archipelago: Taiwan's new wave and the East Asian economic boom -- Morning in the megacity: Taiwan and the globalization of the city film -- The haunting of Taipei -- Chinese cinema in a world of flows: the new wave in the P.R.C. -- The fifth generation and the youth of China -- On living in a young city.

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'The Age of New Waves' is a global and comparative study of new wave cinemas, from the French nouvelle vague to films from Taiwan and mainland China in the late twentieth century, that focuses on the relationships among art cinema, youth, and cities during the era of globalization.

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