C5: Global Chinese Network and Transnational Cinema

Seminar Leader: Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, University of Texas – Austin

Friday, April 16, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Vanderbilt

Cindy S. C. Chan, Carleton College: “Hong Kong Cinema in Global Market: The Competitive Advantage of Network Civilizations”

Jie Chen, Rutgers University: “History, Memory, and Construction of Identity – Presentation of Past in Ann Hui’s Song of Exile and Ordinary Heroes”

Ping Fu, Carleton College: “Beyond the Visual Aura: Feng Xiaogang’s Projected Transnationalism in The Big Shot’s Funeral”

Kai-Man Chang, University of Texas – Austin: “Tsai Ming-liang’s Taipei Queer Stories”

Saturday, April 17, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Vanderbilt

Yiman Wang, Haverford College: “The Unbearable Lightness of Passing: Border-Crossing and the Asian Star Body”

Feng Lan, Florida State University: “Jianghu against Tianxia: China Re-Visualized in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Zhang Yimou's Hero”

Li Yang, University of Texas – Austin: “Contending the Ethnic, National, and Global – the Cultural Phenomenon of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”

Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, University of Texas – Austin: “Medea’s Children and Cio-Cio-San’s Heirs:  Stages for the Second Generation”