Lost in Translation: Orientalism, Cinema, and the Enigmatic Signifier

by Homay King

Book Overview

In a nuanced exploration of how Western cinema has represented East Asia as a space of radical indecipherability, Homay King traces the long-standing association of the Orient with the enigmatic. The fantasy of an inscrutable East, she argues, is not merely a side note to film history, but rather a kernel of otherness that has shaped Hollywood cinema at its core. Through close readings of The Lady from Shanghai , Chinatown , Blade Runner , Lost in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822347598
• ISBN13: 9780822347590
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"