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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171205T120000
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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/plasmatic-empire-animated-film
 making-manchukuo-film-association-1937-1945/
SUMMARY:Plasmatic Empire: Animated Filmmaking in the Manchukuo Film Associa
 tion\, 1937-1945
DESCRIPTION:\n	Daisy Yan Du (Assistant Professor\, Division of Humanities\,
  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\; HYI Visiting Scholar) \
 n\n	Chair/discussant: Jie Li (Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages 
 and Civilizations\, Harvard University)\n\n	 \n\n	Co-sponsored with the F
 airbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Reischauer Institute of Japanes
 e Studies\n\n	 \n\n\n	This talk examines animated filmmaking in the Manch
 ukuo Film Association (Manying\, 1937-1945)\, which played an important r
 ole in shaping wartime film culture in Northeast China and other Japanese
 -occupied areas such as North China and Shanghai. Some studies have been 
 conducted on Manying films\, but they have focused on documentaries\, news
 reels\, and fictional live-action films\, and do not systematically addre
 ss the cinematic form of animation. Since animation is a different medium\
 , an in-depth study of it will provide a unique perspective from which to
  understand Manying and the complicated wartime culture of Manchukuo\, Chi
 na\, and Japan. The major theoretical problem that this talk tries to addr
 ess is the convoluted relationship between animation and politics. On the 
 one hand\, animation\, often regarded as a fantasy art form intended for a
 n audience of children\, is widely known for its escapist and apolitical t
 endencies as it features fairytales\, folklore\, and talking animals. On t
 he other hand\, animation\, due to its kinship with caricature and cartoon
 \, can be used as a powerful weapon to disseminate ideologies to both chil
 dren and adults. In a politically fraught time when the non-political coul
 d be highly politicized\, how do we locate and dislocate Manying and its a
 nimation on the spectrum between escapism and political propaganda? \n\n	
 Animated films to be screened during the talk: \n\n	Terrible Lice (Kepa d
 e shizi\, 1943\, in Chinese)\n\n	Dreaming to be Emperor (Huangdi meng\, 19
 47\, in Chinese)\n\n	Capturing the Turtle in the Jar (Wengzhong zhuobie\, 
 1948\, in Chinese)​
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