The depiction of the US-China relations and Chinese culture in American cinematography

Thesis title: The depiction of the US-China relations and Chinese culture in American cinematography
Author: Novosad, Matěj
Thesis type: Bachelor thesis
Supervisor: Rolenc, Jan Martin
Opponents: Garlick, Jeremy Alan
Thesis language: English
Abstract:
In my thesis, I set out to conduct an Interpretative Discourse Analysis of three selected movies. I focused on the depiction of Chinese and American identities in the movies through the lens of Edward Said´s Orientalism. Through my work I wanted to showcase how China, through its influence on Hollywood, counters Orientalism and to sum degree executes a form of Occidentalism.
Keywords: China; Orientalism; Popular Culture
Thesis title: The Depiction of the US-China Relations and Chinese Culture in American Cinematography
Author: Novosad, Matěj
Thesis type: Bakalářská práce
Supervisor: Rolenc, Jan Martin
Opponents: Garlick, Jeremy Alan
Thesis language: English
Abstract:
In my thesis, I set out to conduct an Interpretative Discourse Analysis of three selected movies. I focused on the depiction of Chinese and American identities in the movies through the lens of Edward Said´s Orientalism. Through my work I wanted to showcase how China, through its influence on Hollywood, counters Orientalism and to sum degree executes a form of Occidentalism.
Keywords: Orientalism; China; Popular Culture

Information about study

Study programme: International and Diplomatic Studies
Type of study programme: Bakalářský studijní program
Assigned degree: Bc.
Institutions assigning academic degree: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
Faculty: Faculty of International Relations
Department: Department of International and Diplomatic Studies

Information on submission and defense

Date of assignment: 1. 7. 2022
Date of submission: 8. 12. 2023
Date of defense: 11. 1. 2024
Identifier in the InSIS system: https://insis.vse.cz/zp/80960/podrobnosti

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