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Wong Kar-wai is uniquely positioned among Chinese filmmakers probably because his vision of ‘Chineseness’ also enjoys a transnational audience. In this thesis, I examine five of his films and I further propose that, Wong has always, in his cinematic world, engaged in an on-going dialogue regarding past and identity in the age of Globalism with the people of Hong Kong, his transnational Western audience, and himself.
Advisor: | Lippit, Akira |
Commitee: | Cheung, Dominic, James, David, Lippit, Akira |
School: | University of Southern California |
Department: | East Asian Languages and Cultures |
School Location: | United States -- California |
Source: | MAI 47/05M, Masters Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Asian literature, Film studies |
Keywords: | Globalism, Hong Kong, Identity, Loss, Love, Past |
Publication Number: | 1464335 |
ISBN: | 978-1-109-14193-1 |