From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu - Images of China in American Film

Beginning with silent classic Broken Blossoms and ending with the computer animated Kung Fu Panda, this book explores Chinas 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.

About the author

Naomi Greene is professor emeritus of French and film studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Naomi Greene
• Assisted by: Lu (Editor), Sheldon H. Lu (Editor), Sheldon Hsiao-Peng Lu (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9780824838362
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3836-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Critical Interventions; Critical Interventions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous