THE Anxiety of Authenticity: THE Historical Reception of Broken Blossoms (1919), Shanghai Express (1932) and The Good Earth (1937) in China.
This article analyses the authenticity principles connected to Hollywood's portrayal of China and the Chinese through three important American films screened or banned in China – Broken Blossoms (1919), Shanghai Express (1932), and The Good Earth (1937) – but with a special focus on both the histori...
| Publicado en: | Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 232 - 251 |
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Jun2021
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