Dying to Belong: Gangster Movies in Hollywood and Hong KongISBN: 978-1-4051-6370-5
Hardcover
304 pages
May 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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"The cultural crossings, borrowings, and thefts between
Hollywood and the Asian film industries have been much commented
upon in recent years; Martha P. Nochimson's book is therefore
timely and necessary. Offering new perspectives on the debate, this
original work brings fresh insights to the cultural meanings of the
'rise and fall' gangster narrative and updates a generic form which
continues to address the concerns of contemporary audiences.
Dying to Belong will provide an admirable lead in the field
of which all subsequent work will have to take into account."
Esther Sonnet and Peter Stanfield, editors of Mob Culture:
Hidden Histories of the American Gangster Film
"An original and much-needed intersectional study of American
and Hong Kong gangster films, Dying to Belong challenges our
most basic truisms about this genre. Nochimson compels us to
rethink the best known and most popular gangster texts, from
Scarface and The Public Enemy through The
Godfather and The Sopranos. But she also introduces and
provides cultural contexts for the Hong Kong films, making the
latter more accessible and more likely to appear on syllabi and in
cultural studies of modernism and violence."
Linda Mizejewski, Ohio State University
?Successfully adds to the scholarship of cinema with critical
insights and historical perspectives?Nochimson should be commended
for what is perhaps her finest book to date.?
RogueCinema.com
?Presents an interesting take on the subject ? offers a unique
look at the complex genre ? an absorbing study into the history and
movement of the genre. Recommended.?
Digg.com