2014年5月14日星期三

Research Plan

Research Plan

Write up your research plan in terms of the following points.
1.       Statement of purpose (what you hope to show/discover)
The purpose of this ethnography study is to develop a great understanding of the representations of Chinese women in western movies.
How do western people portray the Chinese women in their movies? Do the Chinese women characters perform in Chinese traditional thinking or in western style in the movies? What characteristics do Chinese women have in western movies? Do they have positive images or negative images in the movies? What are differences between Chinese women and western women in the movies? What makes them have differences? What are relationships between Chinese women and western man and women in the movies? How do Chinese people think about Chinese women in western movies?
3.       List of the information you need to gather
A.      Some western movies that have Chinese women’s performance
B.      Some paper and books that related to my topic
4.       A preliminary list of sources.
-          primary sources (the texts you will examine)
Movies: “The World of Suize Wong”, “Pavilion of Women”, and “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
-          secondary sources (what other people say about these texts)
A.      Dixon, Wheeler Winston. "Women In Film: An International Guide." Literature Film Quarterly 21.3 (1993): 235. Academic Search Premier. Web.
B.      Gates, Philippa. "The Maritorious Melodrama: Film Noir with A Female Detective." Journal of Film & Video 61.3 (2009): 24-39. Academic Search Premier.
C.      Tuan, Iris H. "Chinese Women's Cinema: Transnational Contexts." Journal of Asian Studies 71.3 (2012): 791-792. Academic Search Premier. Web.
D.      Kim, Youna. Transnational Migration, Media and Identity of Asian Women: Diasporic Daughters. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2013. Ebook Library. Web.
E.       Jónasdóttir, Anna G.; Bryson, Valerie; Jones, Kathleen B.. Sexuality, Gender and Power: Intersectional and Transnational Perspectives. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2011. EBook Library. Web.
F.       Mjelde-Mossey, Lee Ann; Chi, Iris. Women and Aging International Diversity : Diversity, Challenges and Contributions. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2013. Ebook Library. Web.
G.      Halkias, Daphne; Thurman, Paul; Harkiolakis, Nicholas. Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs : The Economic and Social Impact of a Global Phenomenon. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2011. Ebook Library. Web.
H.      Judge, Joan. "Blended Wish Images: Chinese And Western Exemplary Women At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century." NAN NU -- Men, Women & Gender In Early & Imperial China 6.1 (2004): 102-135. Academic Search Premier. Web.
I.        GRANDY, CHRISTINE. "Paying For Love: Women's Work And Love In Popular Film In Interwar Britain." Journal Of The History Of Sexuality 19.3 (2010): 483-507. Academic Search Premier. Web.
J.        Chou, Kuo-I. "Aerial Sublime V.S. Wired Sublime: Gender Politics In The Chinese Martial Arts Film." Conference Papers -- Midwestern Political Science Association (2009): 1. Academic Search Premier. Web.
Plan for gathering your information that includes:
Who/what you will be studying (for example:. students in a College Composition class, how they think about the comments teachers write on their papers)
Western movies like “The World of Suize Wong”, “Pavilion of Women”, and “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”, how do western people portray the Chinese women in their movies? In these movies, what kinds of character do Chinese women play? Do they have positive images or negative images? 
Where you will collect your information (for example: in interviews at Kean University)
In Kean University library, National Library of China, Movies Network (www.m1905.com)
How many subjects you will study
I will study two subjects that are “The World of Suize Wong” and “Pavilion of Women” for my topic that the representation of Chinese women in western movies.
What methods you will use to conduct your study (for example:. interviews, textual analysis, discourse analysis)

Textual analysis, movie plots analysis, discourse analysis

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