Voyage through childhood into the adult world
An overview of Chinese American children and youth in cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2979047 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Q Han (0000-0003-1915-3317, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 212-228 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504630.2020.1816458 |
| OpenAlex | W3085264685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
Literature from various social science and humanities disciplines has pointed to the fear, stress, threats, and hardship frequently experienced by children of immigrants. In coping with the stereotyped images such as ‘the model minority’ and ‘the perpetual foreigner’, the subject of Chinese American children and youth has drawn much scholarly attention, although with little systematic focus in the field of visual arts – including films. Accordingly, this article explores how cinema has depicted and represented the role and experience of Chinese children and youth in the context of transnational migration, by focusing on a range of migration-related film examples made by transnational Chinese filmmakers from the 1980s onwards. These films show that while some children carry the burden of the adult world, some adults also carry the burdens of childhood into later life. Furthermore, the films also present the development of immigrant Chinese children’ subjectivity, while dealing with hardship, confusion, demanding parents, and ever-changing and challenging environments
Art history · Media studies · Movie theater · Sociology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
The Children of Chinatown
An Accented Cinema
Chapter 4 Contesting the Model Minority and Perpetual Foreigner Stereotypes
The Truly Disadvantaged
Asian Americans as the Model Minority
Success Story, Japanese American Style
Far-Flung Families in Film
Far-Flung Families in Film
Reading Asian American Literature
EthnicitiesChildren of Immigrants in America
Identities in Motion
The half of it
Satellite babies in transnational families
Contemporary Chinese America
Voyage through childhood into the adult world
Split Household, Small Producer and Dual Wage Earner
The Psychic Life of Power
Associations Between Parenting Styles and Perceived Child Effortful Control Within Chinese Families in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |