Lost in Translation: Orientalism, Cinema, and the Enigmatic Signifier

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In a nuanced exploration of how Western cinema has represented East Asia as a space of radical indecipherability, Homay King traces the long-standing association of the Orient with the enigmatic. The fantasy of an inscrutable East, she argues, is not merely a side note to film history, but rather a kernel of otherness that has shaped Hollywood cinema at its core. Through close readings of The Lady from Shanghai , Chinatown , Blade Runner , Lost in...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822347598

ISBN13:9780822347590

Release Date:August 2010

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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