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Imagining Thailand as Criminal Space: Comparative Study of Hollywood and Chinese Cinema (103843)
Session Chair: Elyssa Y. Cheng
Sunday, 8 February 2026 13:20
Session: Session 2
Room: Tourmaline 208 (Level 2)
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
This study examines the divergent strategies of Hollywood and Chinese cinema in constructing Thailand as a narrative space within crime films, interrogating how cultural power dynamics shape transnational storytelling. Through a comparative analysis of The Hangover Part II (2011) and Lost in the Stars (2023), this research employs postcolonial theory to critique the spatial politics underpinning these films. By analyzing the cinematic imagining of Thailand as a criminal space in Hollywood and Chinese films, this study argues that while Hollywood historically dominated overseas crime narratives with hegemonic tropes of exoticism and entitlement, the rise of Chinese crime genre disrupts the singular narrative dominance of Hollywood.
Authors:
Zhuoshu Liang, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Liang Zhuoshu is currently an postgraduate student of Guangdong University of Foreign Language, China.
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