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A five page paper which looks at the way in which Oriental and Asian characters were portrayed in American film, particularly in the period prior to 1940, and the extent to which stereotyping was consistently present in the delineation of Oriental characters.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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There are a number
of ways in which the interaction of Asian and American culture can be seen to be exemplified in the cinema of the pre-war years, both in terms of the way
in which American cinema portrayed Japanese, Chinese and other cultures and in the effect that Western cinematographic techniques influenced the development of film in Asian countries.
In many ways,
American film of the era delineated Oriental culture not from a cross-cultural perspective, but rather as a reflection of the way in which Western audiences perceived Orientals, which was in
the majority of cases a stereotypical and inaccurate perception. As White (2001) points out, many Asian countries adopted the stylistic and technical elements of western film in order to create
an imitation of the Hollywood spectacle, whereas others, such as Japan, translated cultural elements of traditional drama into the western medium of film without adopting the imitation of western culture
as a corollary. However, American
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