TTLV: Creating stereotypes about the Chinese community in the movie Crazy Rich Asians

1. Student's full name: Nguyen Phuong Anh 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 19, 1991

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Student recognition decision No. 1765/2018/QD-XHNV dated June 28, 2018 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process(record the forms of change and the corresponding time): Are not

7. Thesis topic: Creating stereotypes about the Chinese community in the movie Crazy Rich Asians

8. Major: Theory, history of cinema and television; Code: 8210232.01

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Phung Ngoc Kien, Institute of Literature

(Clearly state scientific title, academic degree, full name and working organization)

10. Summary of thesis results:

(summarize the results of the thesis, emphasizing new results if any)

In August 2018, the film Crazy Rich Asians was produced and released by Warner Bros. in North America and immediately became a phenomenon on the big screen. As a commercial work, the box office success of Crazy Rich Asians as well as the public attention paid to the film demonstrated that Crazy Rich Asians met the tastes of the American public. In other words, the stereotypes about Asians in Crazy Rich Asians met the expectations of the American public about the image of Asians. Therefore, the stereotypes in Crazy Rich Asians can be considered as widely accepted expressions of Asians in the 21st century. More notably, the stereotypes in Crazy Rich Asians both continue the long-standing stereotype system and ignite different innovations. The continuous and complex movement in the construction of Asian stereotypes in Hollywood cinema is the reason we chose to research this topic. By studying the case of Crazy Rich Asians, we examine the stereotypes of the Chinese diaspora from a constructivist perspective; and place these stereotypes within the continuity and innovation of representations of Asians in Hollywood cinema. Through this, we seek to trace and deconstruct the stereotypes, as well as decode the representations of Chinese people in the film. And finally, to locate the symbolic value of the stereotypes in Crazy Rich Asians and the film's contribution to the formation of a new image of Asians in American cinema.

11. Practical application: (if any)

The first academic study on the movie Crazy Rich Asian in Vietnam

12. Further research directions: (if any)

- Research on the further development of Chinese stereotypes in Hollywood cinema.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

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INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Phuong Anh 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 19, 1991 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 1765/2018/QD-XHNV Dated June 28, 2018

6. Changes in academic process: None

(List the forms of change and corresponding times)

7. Official thesis title: Constructing stereotypes about overseas Chinese communities: A case study of Crazy Rich Asians.

8. Major: Theory, History, and Criticism of Film and Television

9. Code: 8210232.01

10. Supervisors: Phung Ngoc Kien, Associate Professor Doctor, Institute of Literature.

(Full name, academic title and degree)

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

(Summarize them with stress on thenew findings, if any)

In August 2018, the film Crazy Rich Asians was produced and released by Warner Bros. studio in North America and immediately became a widescreen phenomenon. As a commercial movie, Crazy Rich Asians' box office success as well and public's attention shows that Crazy Rich Asians meets the tastes of the American mass audience. In other words, stereotypes about Asians in Crazy Rich Asians meet with American public's expectations of contemporary Asians. Therefore, the stereotypes in Crazy Rich Asians can be considered as widely accepted expressions of Asians in the 21 st century. More remarkable is that the stereotypes in Crazy Rich Asians follow the long-standing pattern as well as moving to the new ones. The continuous and complex movement in constructing Asian stereotypes in Hollywood cinema is the reason for us to choose this research. By studying the case of Crazy Rich Asians, we look at stereotypes about oversea Chinese in terms of tectonic approach; at the same time, put these stereotypes continuously and innovation in representation of Asians in Hollywood cinema. Thereby, we want to trace and extract the stereotypes, as well as decode the Chinese representation in the film. And finally, we want to position the meaning of the stereotype in Crazy Rich Asians and the film's contribution in the process of forming a new representation of Asians in American cinema.

12. Practical applicability, if any: The first study on the movie Crazy Rich Asians in Vietnam

13. Further research directions, if any:

- Study the next movement in Chinese representation in Hollywood cinema.

14. Thesis-related publications:(List them in chronological order)