Research Catalog

Title

East-West montage : reflections on Asian bodies in diaspora / Sheng-mei Ma.

Author

Ma, Sheng-mei

Publication

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007.

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Details

Description

xxiii, 302 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Approximately twelve hours' difference lies between New York and Beijing: The West and the East are, literally, night and day apart. Yet East-West Montage crosscuts the two in the manner of adjacent filmic shots to accentuate their montage-like complementarity. It examines the intersection between East and West - the Asian diaspora (or more specifically the Asian body in diaspora) - and the cultural expressions by and about people of Asian descent on both sides of the Pacific." "Following the introduction, "Establishing Shots," the book is divided into seven intercuts, which in turn subdivide into dialectically paired chapters focusing on specific body parts or attributes. The range of material examined is broad and rich: the iconography of the opium den in film noir, the writings of Asian American novelists, the swordplay and kung fu film, the "Korean Wave" (including soap operas like Autumn Sonata and the cult thriller Oldboy), Rogers and Hammerstein's Orientalist musicals, the comic Blackhawk, the superstar status of the Dalai Lama, and the fate of Hmong refugees and Chinese retirees in the U.S."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Asian diaspora
• East and West
• Motion pictures > Asia
• American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Anal Apocalypse: On the W/Hole of Asia and the Christian West -- 2. Camp Scatology: A Comparative Study of Body (as) Waste in Japanese American Literature -- 3. Brush and Blade in East-West Cultures: Global Phallus, Colonial Acephalus -- 4. Kung Fu Films in Diaspora: Death of Bamboo Hero -- 5. De/Alienation in Diasporic Dubbing/Rubbing of Maoist China -- 6. Anime's Atom Dialectic: From Trauma to Manna -- 7. The O of Han Ju: Those Full, (Over)Painted Lips that Dare to Confess -- 8. Tradition and/of Bastards in the Korean Wave -- 9. Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Chopsticks" Musicals -- 10. The Nine Lives or Blackhawk's Oriental: Chop Chop, Wu Cheng, and Weng Chan -- 11. Asian Immigrants with "Magical" Disabilities: Oriental Tongues and Bound Feet -- 12. Dalai Lama Superstar: Mystery and Polities in Western Films and Narratives on Tibet -- 13. Hmong Refugee's Death Fugue -- 14. The Fad(k)ing of the 0.5 Generation: On Taiwanese and Chinese Retirees in the United States -- Finis.

ISBN

• 9780824831813 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0824831810 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781435666702 (electronic bk.)

LCCN

^^2007018637

OCLC

• 124538631
• SCSB-12841907

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library