Joseph Campbell’s Oriental mythology in Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Occidental mythology in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Journal Article
Li, Q., Tan, E. L. P., & Yang, J. (2023)
Joseph Campbell’s Oriental mythology in Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Occidental mythology in Ghost in the Shell (2017). Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10, Article 914. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02435-x
Adaptation studies in media have been carried out for decades since the 1950s. When media is adapted between different forms, the narrative inherently changes; even more so wh...
Rethinking rural China: Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum and the roots-searching movement in a post-cultural revolution context
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2021)
Rethinking rural China: Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum and the roots-searching movement in a post-cultural revolution context. In S. P. Gabriel, & B. Wilson (Eds.), . London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003105367
Zhang Yimou, one of the most successful of Chinese auteur directors, has been criticized for his Orientalist tendencies, specifically for the exotic atmosphere that turns his ...
Development of Global Film Industry: Industrial Competition and Cooperation in the Context of Globalization
Book
Li, J. Q., Guan, Y., & Lu, H. (Eds.)
(2020). Development of Global Film Industry: Industrial Competition and Cooperation in the Context of Globalization. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003051503
The global film industry has witnessed significant transformations in the past few years. Regions outside the USA have begun to prosper while non-traditional production compan...
Film Authorship and National Cinema: An Analysis of “Chineseness” in John Woo’s Hollywood Films’
Journal Article
Li, Q. (., & Deng, L. (2020)
Film Authorship and National Cinema: An Analysis of “Chineseness” in John Woo’s Hollywood Films’. Search Journal of Media and Communication Research, 12(2), 59-72
Hong Kong has the world’s third largest film industry after Hollywood and Bollywood. For many decades, Hong Kong cinema has long been transregional and transnatio...
Migration & Memory: Arts and Cinemas of The Chinese Diaspora
Book
Li, Q., & Conte, R. (Eds.)
(2019). Migration & Memory: Arts and Cinemas of The Chinese Diaspora. Paris: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
This work is the first of a series of books principally dedicated to the publication of papers from seminars organized, either solely by the MAISON DES SCIENCES DE L'HOMME DU ...
Outside and Beyond “The National”: A Case Study of Ang Lee’s Cinema in Hollywood
Book Chapter
Li, J. (2019)
Outside and Beyond “The National”: A Case Study of Ang Lee’s Cinema in Hollywood. In Q. Li, & R. Conte (Eds.), Migration & Memory: Arts and Cinemas of The Chinese Diaspora (21-39). Paris: Maison des sciences de l’Homme
This article takes perhaps the most successful film- maker of Chinese origin, Ang Lee, out of his Taiwanese context of discussion and investigates the ways th...
‘Chineseness’ in Yimou Zhang’s Transnational Cinema
Book Chapter
Li, J. (2019)
‘Chineseness’ in Yimou Zhang’s Transnational Cinema. In Q. Li, & R. Conte (Eds.), Migration & Memory: Arts and Cinemas of The Chinese Diaspora (99-119). Paris: Maison des sciences de l’Homme
Hollywood and non-Hollywood national cinemas both seek to depict “universal” meanings to ensure better global distribution and reception. “The national” in national cinema i...
Save Malayan Tiger: It's Now or Never!
Digital Artefact
Li, J. (2019)
Save Malayan Tiger: It's Now or Never!. [documentary film]
Commissioned by the Energy and Natural Resources ministry, the film follows a team of Malaysian forest rangers into the Taman Negara forest in search of the critically endange...
Alita: Battle Angel – A Step in the Right Direction for Anime Adaptations
Journal Article
Li, J., & Phil Tan, E. L. (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel – A Step in the Right Direction for Anime Adaptations. Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies, 1(1), 88-103. https://doi.org/10.24411/2658-7734-2019-00004
Anime adaptations may not be as common as other kinds of adaptations during the 21st century; the few that have been done and released all have been met with negative reviews ...
In A Different Key
Digital Artefact
Li, J. (2018)
In A Different Key. [documentary film]
A short documentary film about a group of autism people and their lives in Malaysia. The film was selected by International Video and Art Exhibition hosted by Ohio Arts Counci...