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This Book Seeks To Understand Cinema As A Form Of Soft Power Tool. It Proposes Taiwan As A Prime Example Of Cinema's Effect In Assisting A Small Nation Gain Prominence On The International Stage. It Maps Taiwan's Cinematic Output In The Twenty-first Century Through The Three Keywords In The Book's Subtitle-authorship, Transnationality, Historiography. Its Object Of Analysis Is The Legacy Of Taiwan New Cinema, A Movement That Begun In The Early 1980s That Has Had A Lasting Impact Upon Filmmakers And Cinephiles Worldwide For Nearly Forty Years. By Examining Case Studies That Include Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ang Lee, And Tsai Ming-liang, This Book Suggests That Authorship Is Central To Taiwan Cinema's Ability To Transcend Borders To The Extent That The Historiographical Writing Of Taiwan Cinema Has To Be Reimagined. It Also Looks At The Scaling Down Of Soft Power From The Global To The Regional Via A Cultural Imaginary Called Little Freshness, Which Describes Films And Cultural Products From Taiwan That Have Become Hugely Popular In China And Hong Kong. In Presenting Taiwan Cinema's Significance As A Case Of A Small Nation With Enormous Soft Power, This Book Hopes To Recast The Terms And Stakes Of Both Cinema Studies And Soft Power Studies In Academia-- Provided By Publisher.