摘要
Imagination of China in Western movies presented by“exoticism”is no longer the dualism of“backward and traditional Oriental”but“advanced and modern Western”.Skyfall released recently has shown on the one hand a“modern”contemporary China,on the other hand,a cultural concept of“isolated relics of traditional China and ruins of modern China”.In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,China is imagined to be a mixed land of the new and old,the Oriental and Western based on the comparison between China and India,which is considered to be primitive,traditional and brutal.Mission:Impossible III presents three sides of Shanghai in a mean way:“skyscraper”,“old-style apartment”and“ancient town”.Here we could see,the images of China in Western movies are comprehensive and complicated,conveying divergent cultural views.Moreover,increasing Chinese market constitutes a crucial reason why Western movies intend to hide their political bias but adopt a flattery attitude to Chinese culture.
作者简介
CHEN Yu,born in Luyi,Henan in 1975,is an Associate Professor in Shanghai Film Academy,Shanghai University,and a senior visiting scholar of Duke University.Her research field covers Movie Arts and Cultural Industries.Email:cyuzjun@163.com
