Pandering to the yuan: the changing face of Asian representation in Hollywood through Chinese affluence.
This final year project examines how has Asian representation changed in Hollywood films from the 1960s till today. Modern day blockbusters such as The Martian and Transformers are used as material for analysis. The aforementioned change is investigated through broad themes, characters and visual im...
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| author | Low, Yi Ci |
| author2 | Lee Hyun Jung |
| author_facet | Lee Hyun Jung Low, Yi Ci |
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| description | This final year project examines how has Asian representation changed in Hollywood films from the 1960s till today. Modern day blockbusters such as The Martian and Transformers are used as material for analysis. The aforementioned change is investigated through broad themes, characters and visual imagery examined through the lenses of film semiotics by Christian Metz. It postulates that the main reason for this change is the influence of Chinese funding, Chinese box office receipts and government policies. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/705432019-12-10T11:47:48Z Pandering to the yuan: the changing face of Asian representation in Hollywood through Chinese affluence. Low, Yi Ci Lee Hyun Jung School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism This final year project examines how has Asian representation changed in Hollywood films from the 1960s till today. Modern day blockbusters such as The Martian and Transformers are used as material for analysis. The aforementioned change is investigated through broad themes, characters and visual imagery examined through the lenses of film semiotics by Christian Metz. It postulates that the main reason for this change is the influence of Chinese funding, Chinese box office receipts and government policies. Bachelor of Arts 2017-04-27T05:25:45Z 2017-04-27T05:25:45Z 2017 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70543 en Nanyang Technological University 35 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism Low, Yi Ci Pandering to the yuan: the changing face of Asian representation in Hollywood through Chinese affluence. |
| title | Pandering to the yuan: the changing face of Asian representation in Hollywood through Chinese affluence. |
| title_full | Pandering to the yuan: the changing face of Asian representation in Hollywood through Chinese affluence. |
| title_fullStr | Pandering to the yuan: the changing face of Asian representation in Hollywood through Chinese affluence. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pandering to the yuan: the changing face of Asian representation in Hollywood through Chinese affluence. |
| title_short | Pandering to the yuan: the changing face of Asian representation in Hollywood through Chinese affluence. |
| title_sort | pandering to the yuan the changing face of asian representation in hollywood through chinese affluence |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70543 |
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