Sinophone-Anglophone Cultural Duet
This book examines the paradox of China and the United States’ literary and visual relationships, morphing between a happy duet and a contentious duel in fiction, film, poetry, comics, and opera from both sides of the Pacific. In the 21st centur
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SinophoneAnglophone Cultural Duet
Sinophone-Anglophone Cultural Duet
Sheng-mei Ma
SinophoneAnglophone Cultural Duet
Sheng-mei Ma Department of English Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-58032-6 ISBN 978-3-319-58033-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-58033-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017940343 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © Colin Hawkins / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
I wish to thank the following editors and publishers for permission to reprint, with revisions: Chap. 1 from Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment; Chap. 3 from International Journal of Cultural Studies; Chap. 7 from International Journal of Comic Art; Chap. 8 from American Multiculturalism in Context; Chap. 11 from Trans-Humanities: Ewha Institute for the Humanities.
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Contents
Part I Sino . . . 1
Sino-Anglo-Euro Wolf Fan(g)s from Jiang Rong to Annaud 3
2
To Anglicize and Angelize the Rape of Nanking 23
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Asiatic Aspie: Millennial (ab)Use of Asperger’s Syndrome
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Turandot: The Chinese Box by Puccini, Zeffirelli, Zhang, and Chen 57
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Speaking (of the) Dragon: Slain by the West, Ridden by the East 69
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Asian Inscrewtability in Hollywood 87
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Part II . . . Anglo 7
Gene Luen Yang’s Graphic Bi-Bye to China/Town 103
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Asian Birthright and Anglo Bequest in Chang-Rae Lee and Bich Minh Nguyen 123
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On Sci-Fi’s Good China, Bad China: Maureen F. McHugh and Chang-Rae Lee 137
10 Fed (Up) with Gyoza and Vodka: Oldboy’s Forbidden Fruit of Alt
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