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Border Transgressed I: Minority, Diaspora and Refugee

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Required Readings Trinh T. Minh-ha, “An Acoustic Journey”, Elsewhere, Within Here: Immigration, Refugeeism And The Boundary Event , Routledge, 2011  download link : http://pan.baidu.com/s/1pbSy0   password: 351k 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 download link :  http://pan.baidu.com/s/1ckEBG  password: xtes Film for discussion: Sleepless Town , Dir. Chi-ngai Lee, 1998 Screening on January 10th, Room 237, 4:30 pm

Strangerhood in the Metropolis

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Dear all, Here are the readings for the coming week (we only have one final week left before Christmas !!!)

ENCOUNTERS: FLÂNEUR AND STRANGER

Dear all, I wouldn't blame you if you find the readings too much.

Suzhou River

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Dear all, you could download the film from the following links, and enjoy!

Haunting Cities: the Uncanny and the Ghostly

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Dear all, here are the readings for the coming week

Goodbye Dragon Inn

Dear all, Note: You have to put BOTH the film file AND the subtitle file in the SAME folder to make sure they could be played. easy !!! enjoy!!!! Continue to read to find the download links please : )

Invisible City: Dream, Desire & Memory II—Case Study of Tsai Mingliang’s films

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Dear all, Here are the links to the readings: Would upload the film Goodbye Dragon Inn file asap ; ) Enjoy!!! Week 9 * Nov 26 th Invisible City: Dream, Desire & Memory II—Case Study of Tsai Mingliang’s films Required Reading : Kenneth Chan. “Goodbye Dragon Inn: Tsai Ming-liang’s political aesthetics of nostalgia, place, and lingering”, Journal of Chinese Cinemas , Vol No.1 Issue 2, 2007 http://pan.baidu.com/s/1f5Kwq “Leaving the cinema: metacinematic cruising  in Tsai Ming-liang’s  Goodbye, Dragon Inn” , Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media , Jump Cut , No. 50, spring 2008 http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc50.2008/DragonInn/