The Global Return of the Wu Xia Pian (Chinese Sword-Fighting Movie): Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
- Resource Type
- research-article
- Authors
- Chan, Kenneth
- Source
- Cinema Journal, 2004 Jul 01. 43(4), 3-17.
- Subject
- Movies
Chinese culture
Film criticism
Liens
Swords
Feminist film theory
Women
Westerns
Ambiguity
Motion picture industry
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 00097101
15272087
In examining the way Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" grapples with cultural identity and Chineseness, this essay considers Lee's construction of an image of "China" in the film, as well as its feminist possibilities. These readings reveal Lee's conflicted critique of traditional Chinese cultural centrism and patriarchal hegemony.