Within the scope of these questions below, share your thoughts on globalization and trans-nationalism. No less than 500 words.
- To Ang Lee, what about Mainland China and the US that go into the very core of Taiwan identity? In what respects Taiwan is neither China nor America? To what extent, Taiwan’s cultural identity is rooted in both China and America?
- In Eat Drink Man Woman, how is Chinese-ness being negotiated and redefined in the ways in which the characters have food and sex?
- In Wedding Banquet, homosexuality posts a challenge to both the mainstream Chinese and Western cultures in the 80s and 90s. What is presented as a compromise to reconcile conflicting attitudes to the issue? At what points do Chinese values become trans-nationalized, and Anglo-American values become globalized?