Remade in Hollywood: The Global Chinese Presence in Transnational CinemasThe dramatic surge of Chinese visibility in Hollywood has been spurred by Sino-chic talents such as directors Ang Lee, John Woo, Wong Kar-wai, Wayne Wang, and Zhang Yimou, and stars such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, and Michelle Yeoh. Analyzing well-known films by Chinese stars and crew, and the influence they have had on Hollywood directors, Kenneth Chan describes how post-1997 notions of Chinese identity and cultural genres have been reinvented and repackaged by major US studios. Highlighting numerous contradictions and cultural anxieties evident in transnational Hollywood films, Chan suggests that many Chinese stars and directors have made painful compromises to get their films successfully launched into the global capitalist stream of cultural commodities. |
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Diasporic Cinematic Gaze on the 1997 Handover | 33 |
Hollywoods 1997 Response to the Hong Kong Handover | 57 |
4 The Global Return of the Wuxia pian Chinese SwordFighting Movie | 75 |
American Cinemas New Racialized Criminal Other | 105 |
Kung Fu Parody Mimicry and Play in CrossCultural Citationality | 129 |
Mythic Ethnography and the Mystical Other | 157 |
Global Cinematic Technologies of Ethnic UnRepresentation | 175 |
Notes | 181 |
Filmography | 219 |
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