Language and transposition in film representations of the dis/located Chinese migrant

When:

October 29, 2014

Time:

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Category:

Lunch and learn

Location:

Harry Hickman Building, Room 110, UVic

Details:

Join Dr. Hilary Chung (University of Auckland) in an exploration of the representation of the Chinese migrant in film in two films, Un cuento chino / Chinese Takeaway (2011) directed by Sebastián Borensztein (Argentina) and Io sono Li / Shun Li and the Poet (2011) directed by Andrea Segre (Italy.) Both films feature dislocated Chinese immigrants who speak in their native language and require their primary audiences to engage with significant quantities of spoken Chinese. She will argue that this polyglossic engagement has the potential to challenge conventional ways of understanding how we inhabit the world.

Contact:

Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives
250-721-7020
uvic.ca/capi