Park, Jane Chi Hyun
2014.
Pacific crossings: remaking bodies and cultures through film.
JOMEC Journal
6
, pp. 1-15.
10.18573/j.2014.10285
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Abstract
This paper draws on scholarship from Inter-Asia and Asian diasporic cultural studies to look at two recent attempts by East Asian performers to appeal to Western audiences on the big screen, reading their crossover attempts as embodied forms of cultural and aesthetic translation. The first considers the ‘success’ of an Australian film, Mao’s Last Dancer, based on the life of a male Chinese diasporic ballet dancer, and the second, the ‘failure’ of two Hollywood films, Blood: The Last Vampire and Ninja Assassin which star Korean actors, Jeon Ji-hyun (Gianna Jun) and Jung Ji-hoon (Rain), Focusing on the ways in which these stars were produced and consumed transnationally, the paper questions the cultural, institutional and generic terms through which western films showcasing nonwestern bodies and themes are deemed to fail or succeed. It argues, ultimately, that a close examination of how certain narratives, genres, stars and performances are (mis)translated across different cultures demonstrates the continued existence of cultural and national differences in a supposedly swiftly globalizing world.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures |
| Publisher: | Cardiff University Press |
| ISSN: | 2049-2340 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 11 July 2025 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2025 09:25 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/179726 |
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