Sinophone-Anglophone Cultural Duet [electronic resource] /
Ma, Sheng-mei.author.
This book examines the paradox of China and the United States’ literary and visual relationships, morphing between a happy duet and a contentious duel in fiction, film, poetry, comics, and opera from both sides of the Pacific. In the 21st century where tension between the two superpowers escalates, a gaping lacuna lies in the cultural sphere of Sino-Anglo comparative cultures. By focusing on a “Sinophone-Anglophone” relationship rather than a “China-US” one, Sheng-mei Ma eschews realpolitik, focusing on the two languages and the cross-cultural spheres where, contrary to Kipling’s twain, East and West forever meet, like a repetition compulsion bordering on neurosis over the self and its cultural other. Indeed, the coupling of the two—duet-cum-duel—is so predictable that each seems attracted to and repulsed by its dark half, semblable, (in)compatible for their shared larger-than-life-ness.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sino-Anglo-Euro Wolf Fan(g)s from Jiang Rong to Annaud -- 2. To Anglicize and Angelize the Rape of Nanking -- 3. Asiatic Aspie: Millennial (ab)Use of Asperger’s Syndrome -- 4. Turandot: The Chinese Box by Puccini, Zeffirelli, Zhang, and Chen -- 5. Speaking (of the) Dragon: Slain by the West, Ridden by the East -- 6. Asian Inscrewtability in Hollywood -- 7. Gene Luen Yang’s Graphic Bi-Bye to China/town -- 8. Asian Birthright and Anglo Bequest in Chang-rae Lee and Bich Minh Nguyen -- 9. On Sci-Fi’s Good China, Bad China: Maureen F. McHugh and Chang-rae Lee -- 10. Fed (up) with Gyoza and Vodka: Oldboy’s Forbidden Fruit of Alterity -- 11. Noodle Western: Asian Gunslingers, Swordplayers, Filmmakers Gone West -- 12. Millennial Taiwan Food Films: Naming and Epicurean Cure.
This book examines the paradox of China and the United States’ literary and visual relationships, morphing between a happy duet and a contentious duel in fiction, film, poetry, comics, and opera from both sides of the Pacific. In the 21st century where tension between the two superpowers escalates, a gaping lacuna lies in the cultural sphere of Sino-Anglo comparative cultures. By focusing on a “Sinophone-Anglophone” relationship rather than a “China-US” one, Sheng-mei Ma eschews realpolitik, focusing on the two languages and the cross-cultural spheres where, contrary to Kipling’s twain, East and West forever meet, like a repetition compulsion bordering on neurosis over the self and its cultural other. Indeed, the coupling of the two—duet-cum-duel—is so predictable that each seems attracted to and repulsed by its dark half, semblable, (in)compatible for their shared larger-than-life-ness.
Ethnology—Asia.
Culture.
United States—Study and teaching.
Popular Culture.
Oriental literature.
Motion pictures—Asia.
Asian Culture.
Global/International Culture.
American Culture.
Popular Culture .
Asian Literature.
Asian Cinema and TV.