Hybridising the cultural identity of Mulan from a Chinese ballad to American films

Meijuan, Zhao; Ang, Lay Hoon; Toh, Florence Haw Ching

doi:10.1016/j.ajss.2021.10.001

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“…Various identities of Mulan as representations of different values would affiliate audience of different communities. For example, the 1998 version of Mulan following the Disney formula of identity development, infused with individualism and muscularity (see Hsiung, 2022; Zhao et al, 2022), may gain popularity among the audience in the west. The 2020 version of Mulan , with the cultural hybridity of individualism and Daoism (see Zhao et al, 2022) is more likely to attract global audience.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Among the studies on adapting literacy classics into films, the movie adaptations of Mulan have been placed in the spotlight in recent years (e.g., Hsiung, 2022; Z. Wang, 2020; Yang, 2018; Zhao, et al, 2022). Some scholars concentrate on the Disney formula of recreating the legend of Mulan , and focus on how the movie successfully achieves its purpose both commercially and ideologically (Brocklebank, 2000; Hsiung, 2022; Yang, 2018).…”

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“…Other researches attempt to compare different versions of onscreen Mulan and analyze the underlying identities and values (e.g., Dong, 2011;Z. Wang, 2020;Zhao et al, 2022). Z.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“…Wang (2020) posits that the construct of a war heroine as a gender-neutral leader featuring independence and individualism has been a focus of controversy. Rather than portraying Mulan as a pure eastern or western figure, Mulan has developed a mixed identity in various film adaptations, where various foreign elements such as philosophy, social class, and biographical trait are added to recreate a new character differing from that in the original story (Zhao et al, 2022). In comparison, Mulan (2009) reconstructs the woman's identity as a postfeminist that echoes the restructuring of contemporary Chinese society (Li, 2014).…”

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The Identity Development of Onscreen Legendary Heroes: A Visual Affect Analysis of Mulan in Three Movie Adaptions

Zhong,

Tu,

Yang

2023

Sage Open

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This study examines the visual emotive meanings involved in three films, that is, Mulan (1998), Mulan (2009), and Mulan (2020), which are adapted from The Ballad of Mulan. By adopting the theoretical framework of visual affect, this research conducts quantitative and qualitative analyses on the emotional episodes of Mulan in the three films. The study reveals that these films construct Mulan as a personality rich in emotions. However, there are distinctively different distributions of visual affect. In Mulan (1998), Mulan is built as a tomboy disrupting the masculine tradition, while in Mulan (2009) and Mulan (2020), Mulan is constructed as a filial and dutiful woman and an inherent legendary heroine respectively. The identity development revealed in this paper could be seen as a crucial way to transforming traditional figures in adapted films, contributing to the field of adaptation study from a semiotic perspective.

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Section: Discussion: Identity Development In Adaptations Of Tradition...mentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“…Other researches attempt to compare different versions of onscreen Mulan and analyze the underlying identities and values (e.g., Dong, 2011;Z. Wang, 2020;Zhao et al, 2022). Z.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Identity Development of Onscreen Legendary Heroes: A Visual Affect Analysis of Mulan in Three Movie Adaptions

Zhong,

Tu,

Yang

2023

Sage Open

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“…Cultural identification depends upon the individual's sense of self-identification and belongingness within a given cultural community (Zhao et al, 2022). The advent of bilingual and bicultural experiences among language learners often leads to the emergence of the hybridization of languages and cultures.…”

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The Impact of Learning English on Chinese Pre-schoolers’ Identity Aspirations

Guo

Gao

2023

Sage Open

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The promotion of the English language continues to be instrumental in helping China to engage with the world, but it has caused identity anxiety and cultural uncertainty among language learners. In this paper, we analyze data from a favorite-character-presentation task and an oral survey conducted with 82 preschool children in Shanghai. We found that Chinese remains the most important language for the participants in expressing their transcultural identity aspirations, but the influences of English can be observed in their language practice when presenting their favorite characters. These findings suggest that the participants’ identity aspirations can be understood in the context of their translanguaging practices, which unfold in their use of linguistic and pictorial resources. The paper concludes with a discussion of how language educators and policymakers should consider children’s exposure to informal language learning beyond the classroom in teaching.

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The Self-Shaping, Other-Shaping, and Influence of Traditional Chinese Culture in Nezha: Birth of the Devil and Mulan

Zhang

2024

Comparative Literature: East & West

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Hybridising the cultural identity of Mulan from a Chinese ballad to American films

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

The Identity Development of Onscreen Legendary Heroes: A Visual Affect Analysis of Mulan in Three Movie Adaptions

The Identity Development of Onscreen Legendary Heroes: A Visual Affect Analysis of Mulan in Three Movie Adaptions

The Impact of Learning English on Chinese Pre-schoolers’ Identity Aspirations

The Self-Shaping, Other-Shaping, and Influence of Traditional Chinese Culture in Nezha: Birth of the Devil and Mulan

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