The Asian invasion (of multiculturalism) in Hollywood. From: Journal of Popular Film and Television | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Pham, Minh-Ha T. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract: The author investigates how national and transnational discourses of multiculturalism operate on Hollywood's representation of Asian bodies in two popular films, Rush Hour (1998), a conventionally produced Hollywood film set in post-riot Los Angeles, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), a transnationally produced film set in nineteenth-century mythical China.

Key words: "Asian invasion"; "Chinese film studies in the West"; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; ...