East-West Montage: Reflections on Asian Bodies in DiasporaUniversity of Hawaii Press, 6 nov. 2007 - 328 pagini "East-West Montage possesses a unique vision that promises to push discussions of globalization, cultural production, ethnic identity, and bodily metaphors in powerful new directions. Ma is to be praised for his sound scholarship and innovative interpretations. Indeed where others specialize in either the collection of details or the unpacking of text, Ma weaves a strong analytic exegesis rooted in thorough research." —Richard King, Washington State University |
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... Character as a Medium for Poetry” 1920, p. 366). Given that the abstract collectivities of East and West cannot be placed side by side filmically, I deploy the word “montage” metaphorically. As figures of speech, East and West are ...
... character, where one element, the mouth, points to the meaning and the other element to the pronunciation. On the other hand, “a knife and a heart” mean “endure, tolerate, forbear.” Sorrow is implied as well as a whole array of emotions ...
... character splits into parts that jointly produce a linguistic sum larger than the parts. Macrocosmically, the alleged Orient—Oriental characters, haiku imagism, Noh dramaturgy—becomes the second shot the West cuts to in order to achieve ...
... characters conjoin the leprous, the fecal, and the divine. Their characters redeem themselves by means of soldiery, painting, and singing. Dialectically, only those social lepers who have fallen into the anal abyss enter Christian ...
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Cuprins
Intercut on Asian Penis | 37 |
Intercut on Asian Dubbing | 77 |
Intercut on the Korean Wave | 111 |
Intercut on Body Oriental | 141 |
Intercut on Asian Magic | 187 |
Intercut on Asian Deceased | 215 |
Finis | 255 |
Notes | 257 |
Bibliography | 275 |
Index | 295 |
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