Joseph Campbell’s Oriental mythology in Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Occidental mythology in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
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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...
Film Authorship and National Cinema: An Analysis of “Chineseness” in John Woo’s Hollywood Films’
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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...
Alita: Battle Angel – A Step in the Right Direction for Anime Adaptations
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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 ...
Contested Identities: Exploring the Cultural, Historical and Political Complexities of the "Three Chinas"
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Li, J., & Jennings, R. (2016)
Contested Identities: Exploring the Cultural, Historical and Political Complexities of the "Three Chinas". IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies, 2(1), 25-40. https://doi.org/10.22492/ijas.2.1.02
When facing the political, historical and cultural complexities of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, problematic issues arise in relation to understanding the sorts of nat...