ABSTRACT
This is the first edited volume dedicated to the study of East Asian-German cinema. Its coverage ranges from 1919 to the present, a period which has witnessed an unprecedented degree of global entanglement between Germany and East Asia. In analyzing this hybrid cinema, this volume employs a transnational approach, which highlights the nations’ cinematic encounters and entanglements. It reveals both German perceptions of East Asia and East Asian perceptions of Germany, through analysis of works by both German directors and East Asian/East Asian-German directors. It is hoped that this volume will not only accelerate cross-cultural exchange, but also provide a wider perspective that helps film scholars to see the broader contexts in which these films are produced. It introduces multiple compelling topics, not just immigration, multiculturalism, and exile, but also Japonisme, children’s literature, musical modernity, media hybridity, gender representation, urban space, Cold War divisions, and national identity. It addresses several genres—feature films, essay films, and documentary films. Lastly, by embracing three East Asian cinemas in one volume, this volume serves as an excellent introduction for German cinema students and scholars. It will appeal to international and interdisciplinary audiences, as its contributors represent multiple disciplines and four world regions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|95 pages
Film Adaptations and Representations of the East Asian-German Relationship, 1919–1945
chapter 2|32 pages
Implicating Buddhism in Madame Butterfly's Tragedy
chapter 4|20 pages
“A Loving Family” (Ai no ikka, 1941)
chapter 5|20 pages
Documentaries about Jewish Exiles in Shanghai
part II|73 pages
Representations of Gender in the 1950s and 1960s
chapter 6|23 pages
A Façade of Solidarity
chapter 7|30 pages
The World(s) of Anna Suh
chapter 8|18 pages
Idealized Masculinity, National Identity, and the Other
part III|42 pages
Cultural Globalization and the Persistence of the Popular Since the 1970s
chapter 9|21 pages
China's Encounter with Mozart in Two Films
chapter 10|19 pages
The Persistence of the Popular
part IV|62 pages
East Asian-German Entanglements since the 1980s