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GEM 2005 / HY2243

FILM AND HISTORY

Lecture 7

Film, History and Stereotypes:
“You have offended my family
and you have offended the Shaolin Temple”
Enter the Dragon (1973)

1) Introduction: History and Stereotypes

            What is a Stereotype?

             Countertype

             Descriptions and prescriptions

             4 Basics

2) Stereotypes of Asians, part I

            “Yellow Peril”

            Evil Mastermind/Emasculated Male

             Sexual Desire/Dragon Lady

 
3) Chinese Film History and Stereotypes

 
           A) Basics

                        “Sick Man of Asia”

                         May 4^th Movement and Wuxia

                         Guomindang ban

                         Wenyi (literary art)

                        Huangmei daio

            B) Male Heroic Prototype: A Case study of Wong Fei Hung

                         Kwan Tak Hing

                         The Modern Wong Fei Hung

            C) “New Action Era”: 1960s

                        Samurais, Cowboys and Bond

                        Zhang Che (1932-2002) 

                        Yang gang 

                        Rules of the “new school”

4) Enter the Dragon: Bruce Lee

5) Conclusion/Things to Think about…