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Honolulu, Hawai'i: University of Hawai'i Press, 2014. xii, 264 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedge lightly soiled. "Throughout the twentieth century, American filmmakers have embraced cinematic representations of China. Beginning with D.W. Griffith's silent classic Broken Blossoms (1919) and ending with the computer-animated Kung Fu Panda (2008), this book explores China's changing role in the American imagination. Taking viewers into zones that frequently resist logical expression or more orthodox historical investigation, the films suggest the welter of intense and conflicting impulses that have surrounded China. They make clear that China has often served as the very embodiment of "otherness"--A kind of yardstick or cloudy mirror of America itself. It is a mirror that reflects not only how Americans see the racial "other" but also a larger landscape of racial, sexual, and political perceptions that touch on the…
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From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda: Images of China in American Film Paperback - 2014
by Naomi Greene; Sheldon Hsiao-Peng Lu (Editor)
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- Title From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda: Images of China in American Film
- Author Naomi Greene; Sheldon Hsiao-Peng Lu (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
- Date 2014
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780824838362 / 082483836X
- Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.11 x 5.99 x 0.86 in (23.14 x 15.21 x 2.18 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Film
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - United States - History, China - In motion pictures
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013034349
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.436
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