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The cinematic representation of the Chinese American family / by Qijun Han.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Han, Qijun, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese in motion pictures.
- Chinese--United States--Ethnic identity.
- Chinese.
- Chinese Americans--Ethnic identity.
- Chinese Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- There has been an increasing recognition of the fluidity and ambiguity of ethnic identities within the context of global mobility. With that in mind, how have films constructed the identity of ethnic Chinese in the United States? This book addresses this issue through three sub-questions. First, why is the family narrative so characteristic of films about Chinese Americans in transnational Chinese cinema? In other words, how and why are images of Chinese or Chinese Americans in transnational Chinese cinema different from those in Hollywood movies? Second, how does transnational Chinese cinema
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-9001-4
- OCLC:
- 948734332
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