That Was Not My Fault Kung Fu Panda
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From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda
Author: Naomi Greene
language: en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date: 2014-06-01
Throughout the twentieth century, American filmmakers have embraced cinematic representations of China. Beginning with D.W. Griffith’s silent classicBroken Blossoms (1919) and ending with the computer-animated Kung Fu Panda (2008), this book explores China’s changing role in the American imagination. Taking viewers into zones that frequently resist logical expression or more orthodox historical investigation, the films suggest the welter of intense and conflicting impulses that have surrounded China. They make clear that China has often served as the very embodiment of “otherness”—a kind of yardstick or cloudy mirror of America itself. It is a mirror that reflects not only how Americans see the racial “other” but also a larger landscape of racial, sexual, and political perceptions that touch on the ways in which the nation envisions itself and its role in the world. In the United States, the exceptional emotional charge that imbues images of China has tended to swing violently from positive to negative and back again: China has been loved and—as is generally the case today—feared. Using film to trace these dramatic fluctuations, author Naomi Greene relates them to the larger arc of historical and political change. Suggesting that filmic images both reflect and fuel broader social and cultural impulses, she argues that they reveal a constant tension or dialectic between the “self” and the “other.” Significantly, with the important exception of films made by Chinese or Chinese American directors, the Chinese other is almost invariably portrayed in terms of the American self. Placed in a broader context, this ethnocentrism is related both to an ever-present sense of American exceptionalism and to a Manichean world view that perceives other countries as friends or enemies. “From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda chronicles the struggle within Hollywood film to come to grips with American ambivalence toward China as a nation against the backdrop of its current economic and geopolitical ascendancy on the world stage. Reaching back to early film portrayals of Chinatown, Christian missionaries, warlords, and perverse villains bent on world domination, Greene moves from the ‘yellow peril’ to the ‘red menace’ as she examines WWII and Cold War cinema. She also explores the range of film fantasies circulating today, from films about Tibet to Chinese American independent features and the global popularity of kung fu cartoons. This accessible book allows these films to speak to the post 9-11/Occupy Wall Street generation and makes a welcome contribution to debates about Hollywood Orientalism and transnational Chinese film connections.” —Gina Marchetti, author of The Chinese Diaspora on American Screens: Race, Sex, and Cinema “A significant work of filmography, Naomi Greene’s book explores the exotic, at times menacing, but always fantastic images of China flickering on the silver screen of the American imagination. The author writes lucidly, jargon-free, and with the sure-footedness of a seasoned scholar.” —Yunte Huang, author of Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History
Mystery Of The Kung-Fu Panda : The KOOL-5 Mystery Series
Author: SONU DABRAL
language: en
Publisher: One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd
Release Date: 2013-07-25
The Kool-5 mystery hunters are a bunch of five spunky youngsters ? Maya, Munch, Jinx, Nano and Dodo, who live in an urban residential complex. The adventure seekers love to ïchillax' and play pranks on ïThe Gabbar', the security guard. They also hold secret meetings in their Headquarters ? an old, abandoned garage ? where they coin Kool new words tank up from the car pantry and brainstorm over baffling and sometimes dangerous mysteriesƒ Mystery beckons the K-5 when a cute Panda stuffed toy is mysteriously found inside Jinx's backpack one morning at Central Park. A masked hoodlum threatens her with dire consequences unless she gives it back. And then there is the little girl Ria, who has a Kung Fu Panda exactly like the one with Jinx. To everyone's horror, Ria's kid brother has been kidnapped and there has been an attempted robbery at her house! What is the connection between the harmless toy and these crimes? The K-5 struggle for an answer to the puzzle as they find themselves in the midst of the Mystery Of The Kung Fu Panda.
追梦中国：妈妈，我是你的眼（英）Through Jenny’s Eyes Memoirs of a Guide Dog
该书以导盲犬珍妮的口吻讲述了它与主人陈燕之间成长励志的故事，其中的酸甜苦涩是她们一生最珍贵的回忆。 她生于北京，它长于大连。 她从小被亲生父母抛弃，它却有三个深深爱着自己的家庭。 它离开故乡，只为日夜陪伴在她身旁。她放弃蒸蒸日上的事业，就为给它一个无牵无绊的家。她是中国第一位女盲人钢琴调率师，它是一条拉布拉多导盲犬。 命运使她和它走到了一起，她是它的“妈妈”，它是她的“眼睛”。他们一起担当，共同分享喜悦，他们是两个不能分开的灵魂。 Born in Beijing, Chen Yan is a blind woman who was abandoned by her parents when she was a child. Born in Dalian, Jenny is a Labrador guide dog raised by three loving families. One day, fate brings them together.