From Fu Manchu to Kung FuThroughout the twentieth century, American filmmakers have embraced cinematic representations of China. Beginning with D. W. Griffith's silent classic Broken Blossoms (1919) and ending with the computer animated Kung Fu Panda (2008), this book explores China's changing role in the American imagination. Taking viewers into zones that frequently resist logical expression or more orthodox historical investigation, the films suggest the welter of intense