Hero in West and East

In examining the different perceptions of Zhang Yimou’s Hero (2002) from American and Chinese popular press, this research considers western film theories, as well as the specific Chinese film ecology of the current decade 1999-2009. Reflections on the different readings of the filmic text are discussed with the focus on martial arts film genre and its political implications. A transnational perspective assists in revealing Hero’s real ambition, at the same time, it replaces the binary approaches, including western/eastern, observer/observed and dominance/sub-ordinance, to help appreciate some globalized films.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Fang, Zhang

• Hero, West and East

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/14822

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/14822