Envisioning Asia: On Location, Travel, and the Cinematic Geography of U.S. Orientalism is a 2010 American book written by Jeanette Roan, about Asian Americans in Hollywood films. It also discusses the "on location" shooting of Hollywood films in Asia.[1] It was published by University of Michigan Press.[2]
Envisioning Asia: On Location, Travel, and the Cinematic Geography of U.S. Orientalism
Jeanette Roan is an associate professor of Visual Studies & Visual and Critical Studies at California College of the Arts, Oakland, California.[3]
Contentedit
Roan begins her book with a discussion about the feature film The Good Earth (1937). In the publicity for the film it was claimed that viewing the film once was equal to all that a person would come to know and experience from a whole year's journey in China. However, the film was actually shot in San Fernando Valley.[4][5]
The portrayal of Asians in American films and the images they created in the minds of the audience are discussed. Analysis of "on-location shooting" of films from the last decade of the nineteenth century to 1960s is presented. She views that the concept of imperialism has changed into that of democracy and globalism.[7]Thomas Edison's Occidental and Oriental Series has also been critically analyzed. Alterations brought by the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, and the Boxer Uprising in the depiction of Asian Americans is also discussed.[8]
In her conclusion, Roan analyses David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly (1993), shot on location in Hungary, China, France, and Canada, and posits her reasons for the negative reception of the feature. She states that the previous Hollywood films shot in China showed the country's scenic beauty and tourist attractions to their audiences, but Cronenberg, contrary to the expectations of film viewers, focused more on the characters, narrative, and story. A few contemporary critics questioned the need for location shooting in China.[9]
Receptionedit
Monica Rico wrote in the journal Film & History that "Envisioning Asia deserves to be widely read and assigned" and that the author relies "perhaps a bit too heavily on quotations" from others.[10] Kent A. Ono (in American Quarterly) opined that Roan had "[emphasized] context itself", taking a cultural studies approach to her study of “on location” cinema[7] and concluded by saying that "Roan questions the very need and rationale for the authenticity that location shooting ostensibly allows and provides."[1]
Ono, Kent A. (2012). ""Lines of Flight": Reterritorializing Asian American Film and Media Studies". American Quarterly. 64 (4): 885–897. doi:10.1353/aq.2012.0051. ISSN 1080-6490. S2CID 144755827.
Roan, Jeanette (2010). Envisioning Asia: On Location, Travel, and the Cinematic Geography of U.S. Orientalism. University of Michigan Press. doi:10.3998/mpub.327161. ISBN978-0-472-02706-4. JSTOR 10.3998/mpub.327161 – via Project MUSE.
Wu, Y. (December 2010). "Roan, Jeanette. Envisioning Asia: On Location, Travel, and the Cinematic Geography of U.S. Orientalism". Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 48 (4): 691 – via Gale General OneFile.
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