A/P Tim Barnard

A/P  Ian Gordon

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GEM 2005 / HY2243

FILM AND HISTORY

Lecture 6

“I tell you the story because I was raised the Chinese way.”

The Joy Luck Club (1993)

 


1) Introduction: History and Stereotypes

Review

 

2) Asians on Film

 

 

3) What is Asia

 

 

4) Showing Asians

 

 

5) Stereotypes of Asians, part I

Stereotypes since the 1970s

Yellow Fever


6) Asian Stereotypes of the West

 

7) Multiplicity of Stereotypes


8) Asian in Film AB

 

9) Showing Asians AB

 

10) Chinatown: San Francisco

 

11) Characters

Kieu Chinh ... Suyuan Woo
Tsai Chin ... Lindo Jong
France Nuyen ... Ying-Ying St. Clair
Lisa Lu ... An-Mei Hsu
Ming-Na ... Jing-Mei 'June' Woo
Tamlyn Tomita ... Waverly Jong
Lauren Tom ... Lena St. Clair
Rosalind Chao ... Rose Hsu Jordan
Chao Li Chi ... Canning Woo
Ya Shan Wu ... Tin Jong Waverly's Father
Russell Wong ... Lin Xiao
Andrew McCarthy ... Ted Jordan


12) Conclusion/Things to Think about…

 

Musical Theme: The Orient