PG SEMINAR 2021: KEYWORDS IN RETHINKING ASIAN MEDIA AND CINEMA CULTURE

Required Readings Kwai-Cheung Lo, “There Is No Such Thing as Asia: Racial Particularities in the ‘Asian’ Films of Hong Kong and Japan”, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture , Vol. 17, No. 1, Special Issue on Chinese Culture in Inter-Asia (SPRING, 2005), pp. 133-158 [distributed on Dec 18] 

Extra Screening: Sleepless Town , Dir. Chi-ngai Lee, 1998 Date/Time/Venue: Dec 21 (Mon), 4:30pm, Rm 131

ALL IS WELCOME! Special Screening : Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Dir. Ang LEE, 2000 Date/Time/Venue: Dec 17 th , 4:30pm Rm 131

Required Readings Klein, C. (2004). “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : A Diasporic Reading”. Cinema Journal , 43 (4), 18–42. http://doi.org/10.1353/cj.2004.0035 [DOWNLOAD FROM HERE ] Teo, Stephen. 2005. “ Wuxia Redux: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as a Model of Late Transnational Production”, ‪ Hong Kong Connections:  ‪ Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema , eds. Meaghan Morris, Siu Leung Li, Stephen Ching-kiu Chan, University of Hong Kong Press, 191-204 [will be distributed on Dec 11] Secondary Reading Chan, K. (2004). “The Global Return of the Wu Xia Pian (Chinese Sword-Fighting Movie): Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. Cinema Journal , 43 (4), 3–17. http://doi.org/10.1353/cj.2004.0030 [DOWNLOAD FROM HERE ]

http://dgeneratefilms.com/wp-content/uploads/Dooman-River.jpeg Required Readings Trinh T. Minh-ha, 2011, “An Acoustic Journey”, Elsewhere, Within Here: Immigration, Refugeeism and the Boundary Event , Routledge. [distributed in class] Films for Discussion: Over There , Dir. ZHANG L v, 2013, Documentary Dooman River , Dir. ZHANG L v.2010