Lost in translation : Orientalism, cinema, and the enigmatic signifier /

King, Homay,

Lost in translation : Orientalism, cinema, and the enigmatic signifier / Orientalism, cinema, and the enigmatic signifier Homay King. - Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010. - x, 205 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-200) and index.

The enigmatic signifier -- The Shanghai gesture -- The Chinatown syndrome -- The Great Wall -- The lost girls.

9780822347439 (alk. paper) 9780822347590 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Orientalism.
Asians in motion pictures.
East and West in motion pictures.
Motion pictures
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.

791.4363 KIN