Transnational Asian Identities In Pan-pacific Cinemas

This collection of essays focuses on the exchange of Asian identities in pan-Pacific cinemas, both in terms of film production and reception. The authors analyze films that demonstrate a strong transnational influence, as well as the various interpretations and reactions to these films. Topics explored include the incorporation of Hollywood elements into Hong Kong and Japanese films, the representation of Thai and Japanese identities in Asian and American films, the reception of Hollywood films in China and Japan, the portrayal of Asian adoptees, the political implications of Chinese female stars, and the production and reception of pan-Pacific co-productions.

This collection examines the exchange of Asian identities taking place at the levels of both film production and film reception amongst pan-Pacific cinemas. The authors consider, on the one hand, texts that exhibit what Mette Hjort refers to as, marked transnationality, and on the other, the polysemic nature of transnational film texts by examining the release and reception of these films. The topics explored in this collection include the innovation of Hollywood generic formulas into 1950's and 1960's Hong Kong and Japanese films; the examination of Thai and Japanese raced and gendered identity in Asian and American films; the reception of Hollywood films in pre-1949 China and millennial Japan; the production and performance of Asian adoptee identity and subjectivity; the political implications and interpretations of migrating Chinese female stars; and the production and reception of pan-Pacific co-productions. .

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