The Chinese Diaspora on American Screens

The Chinese Diaspora on American Screenslooks at the way in which issues of race and sexuality have become central concerns in cinema generated by and about Chinese communities in America after the mid-1990s. This companion volume to Marchetti's From Tian'anmen to Times Square looks specifically at the Chinese diaspora in relation to ethnic, racial, gender, and sexual identity as depicted in the cinema.Examining films from the United States and Canada, as well as transnational co-productions, The Chinese Diaspora on American Screensincludes analyses of films such as The Wedding Banquet and Double Happiness in addition to interviews with celebrated filmmakers such as Wayne Wang.Marchetti also reflects on how Chinese identity is presented in a multitude of media forms, including commercial cinema, documentaries, experimental films, and hybrid digital media to offer a textured look at representations of the Chinese diasporic experience after Tian'anmen.Gina Marchetti is Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, at the University of Hong Kong. In 1995, her book, Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race, Sex and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction, won the award for best book in the area of cultural studies from the Association for Asian American Studies. Her recent books include: From Tian'anmen to Times Square: Transnational China and the Chinese Diaspora on Global Screensand Chinese Connections: Critical Perspectives on Film, Identity, and Diasporaco-edited with Tan See-Kam, Peter X Feng (both Temple).

Gina Marchetti is Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, at the University of Hong Kong. In 1995, her book, Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race, sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction, won the award for best book in the area of cultural studies from the Association for Asian American Studies. Her recent books include Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs-The Trilogy, From Tian'anmen to Times Square: Transnational China and the Chinese Diaspora on Global Screens, 1989-1997 (Temple), Chinese Connections: Critical Perspectives on Film, Identity, and Diaspora, co-edited with Tan See-Kam and Peter X Feng (Temple), and Hong Kong Film, Hollywood and the New Global Cinema, co-edited with Tan See-Kam.