ISBN: 9780742519800

By Shujen Wang. This fascinating study demonstrates why Greater China is at once the most promising and the most problematic market that Hollywood has ever confronted. Author Shujen Wang.… Altro …

By Shujen Wang. This fascinating study demonstrates why Greater China is at once the most promising and the most problematic market that Hollywood has ever confronted. Author Shujen Wang. Tracing networks of optical disc (VCD, DVD) and online piracy, this book tackles issues of politics, globalization, and technology. The Nile on eBay   Framing Piracy by Shujen Wang This text systematically examines the film distribution - legal and illegal - in Greater China.Tracing networks of optical disc and online piracy, it tackles issues of policy, international politics, globalization and technology. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Framing Piracy examines film distribution - legal and illegal - in the largest, mostly untapped market in the world: Greater China. Tracing networks of optical disc (VCD, DVD) and online piracy, this book tackles issues of politics, globalization, and technology. It features a wealth of original research, new distribution data, and interviews with film distributors, government officials, and film pirates. With changes afoot in China upon its entering the World Trade Organization, this timely book shows that such transformations have far-reaching implications for policy, theory, and practice. Author Biography Shujen Wang is associate professor of visual and media arts at Emerson College and a research associate in the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University. Table of Contents Part 1 List of Figures Part 2 List of Photographs Part 3 List of Tables Part 4 Acknowledgments Part 5 Introduction Part 6 I: Contexts Chapter 7 1. Global Film Distribution Revisited: Network, Technology, and Space Chapter 8 2. Re-Contextualizing Copyright: Technology, Transnational Trade Regimes, and the State Chapter 9 3. WTO and the Greater China Economic Circle: Local, Regional, and Global Dynamics Chapter 10 4. VCD Killed the VHS Star Part 11 II: Case Studies Chapter 12 5. Film Distribution in Mainland China Chapter 13 6. Film Piracy in Mainland China Chapter 14 7. Film Distribution in Taiwan Chapter 15 8. Profile: Wolf Chen Chapter 16 9. A Culture of Illegality? Piracy in Taiwan Chapter 17 10. The Hong Kong Connection: Distribution, Piracy, and Parallel Import Chapter 18 11. Framing Piracy Part 19 Appendix A Part 20 Appendix B Part 21 Appendix C Part 22 Bibliography Part 23 Index Part 24 About the Author Review A deliciously concrete yet profoundly general account of how the media in Greater China sort out their paradoxes—as well as how they negotiate a globalizing and technological order that they had never known before. -- Chin-Chuan Lee, University of MinnesotaThe information presented in this book is very informative, fresh, and comprehensive, and the analysis provided by the author is important and thoughtful. . . . A significant contribution. -- Junhao Hong, Communication Professor of State University of New York at Buffalo and Associate in Research of Harvard UniversityThis book goes beyond being cutting edge; it begins to define an entire field of study—media distribution—that until now has been relegated to the margins or seen only as an area of interest to students of marketing or management. . . . I plan to use the book in my international communication courses. -- Anandam Kavoori, University of GeorgiaWang provides a thorough, scholarly investigation of distribution and piracy in the (very) contemporary filmmaking industry. The author's approach—involving in-depth interviews, field observations, and library and archival research—is exhaustive and precise. Recommended. * CHOICE *Wang's book is divided into two parts, offering what she calls 'contexts' (historical theoretical, politico-economic-technological), followed by detailed case studies on mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The book focuses on both legal and illegal film distribution. . . . This approach enables Wang to demonstrate the crucial relationships between global, national, regional, and local forces. For those interested in the political economy of the film industry in Greater China, this is a valuable pioneering work, offering a wealth of rich detail largely unavailable elsewhere. * The China Journal *Shujen Wang's extensive field research and thoughtful analysis unveils the mysteries of media piracy, showing how the fundamental logic of commercial film distribution is changing in our globalizing, hi-tech world. This fascinating study demonstrates why Greater China is at once the most promising and the most problematic market that Hollywood has ever confronted. -- Michael Curtin, Mellichamp Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara; author of Playing to the World's Biggest AudienceShujen Wang provides a valuable range of contexts, both theoretical and practical....The great merit of this essay lies in its meticulous attention to detailing the link between global production and local distribution under globalism. * Journal Of International Communication * Long Description Framing Piracy is the first book to systematically examine film distribution--legal and illegal--in the largest and mostly untapped market in the world: Greater China. Tracing networks of optical disc (VCD, DVD) and online piracy, this book tackles issues of policy, international politics, globalization, and technology. It offers in-depth analyses of the unique market structures and copyright governance regimes in the three territories--China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan--and features a wealth of original research, new data on piracy and distribution, and interviews with global film distributors, key government officials, and film pirates. With changes and reforms afoot in China upon its entering the World Trade Organization, this timely book shows that such transformations have far-reaching implications for policy, theory, and practice. Review Quote Wang's book is divided into two parts, offering what she calls 'contexts' (historical theoretical, politico-economic-technological), followed by detailed case studies on mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The book focuses on both legal and illegal film distribution. . . . This approach enables Wang to demonstrate the crucial relationships between global, national, regional, and local forces. For those interested in the political economy of the film industry in Greater China, this is a valuable pioneering work, offering a wealth of rich detail largely unavailable elsewhere. Details ISBN0742519805 Author Shujen Wang Short Title FRAMING PIRACY Pages 256 Language English ISBN-10 0742519805 ISBN-13 9780742519800 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2003 Subtitle Globalization and Film Distribution in Greater China Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Birth 1963 Edition 0272nd DOI 10.1604/9780742519800 UK Release Date 2003-11-08 AU Release Date 2003-11-08 NZ Release Date 2003-11-08 US Release Date 2003-11-08 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publication Date 2003-11-08 Alternative 9780742519794 DEWEY 384.80951 Audience Undergraduate We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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