Mulan's Legend and Legacy in China and the United States

Index

authenticity, cultural, 5, 8, 116, 165, 169, 173, 187 autobiographical studies, 100, 212n9 autobiography, 94, 95–102, 212n9 Bader, Barbara, 126–27 Bai Juyi, 65, 210n40 Ballad of Mulan, The (1998). See Zhang, Song Nan Bancroft, Tony, 173 bandits, 20, 35, 97; female, 14, 33, 34–35, 47, 106, 203n7 Barthel, Margret, 53, 63, 207n17 beauty, 61, 73–74; feminine, 48, 61, 65, 148 Beauty and the Beast, 167 Beishi, 23 Beiwei qishi gui xiao lie zhuan, 81 Bhabha, Homi, 6 Big Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Chinese and Japanese American Literature, The, 116, 198 bilingualism, 126 birthday, 91 blockbusters, 172, 218n7, 218n9 Blohm, Jennifer, 186 bound feet, 66–71, 213n15. See also footbinding Bowers, Maggie Ann, 121, 215n29 Boxer Rebellion, 34, 204n24 Bozhou, 90–91 actions, 14, 15, 37, 42, 61, 69, 110, 146, 164, 174; heroic, 14, 31, 64; unfeminine, 19; unusual, 3, 193; women’s, 45, 46–47, 71, 80, 149–50, 160, 177, 178, 179, 185, 190 adaptations, 8, 23, 52, 80, 85, 93, 126, 129, 133, 139, 140, 143, 165, 187; film, 14, 36, 159, 163, 173, 178, 180; stage, 209n35 adventures, 3, 58, 77, 79, 129, 167, 168, 177, 180, 183, 184, 218n7; military, 86, 106, 173, 178, 185 Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers, 116 Aladdin, 166, 167, 177 Alice in Wonderland, 177 allusions, 29, 65, 106; literary, 51, 65 Americanization, 52 animation, 159, 161–63, 218n4, 218n7, 220n22; and Disney, 8, 139, 164, 168–69, 171, 185–86, 219n17 Aria, Tomie, 123, 157 armed forces, 35; women in, 2, 14, 15, 16, 59, 61, 65 Asian America, 5, 121, 190 Asian Americans, 116, 214n23; and identities, 4; and literary studies, 5, 94, 122, 215n28; and literature, 116, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129; and woman warrior, 183; and writers, 99, 125 Asian market, 4, 170 Index 258 / index class, 71, 93, 100, 167 Coats, Pam, 168, 183 coexistence, 95, 106, 189 combat, 4, 104, 179, 184, 206n12, 213n14; and heroines, 6, 12, 18, 22–23, 28, 30, 48, 112; and Mulan, 59, 61, 77, 79, 98, 102, 107, 108, 109, 152, 154, 155, 160, 175, 178, 182 coming-of-age, 4 commander-general, 44 commander-in-chief, 26, 160, 203n14 conformation, 146 Confucian China, 11, 12, 33, 79, 174, 189; women in, 15, 47, 49, 50, 204n25 Confucian ethics, 11, 17, 18, 29, 30, 33, 36, 49, 77, 192, 202n3 Confucianism, 12, 17, 36, 49, 202n3, 203n12 Confucius, 11, 47, 202n3 Cook, Barry, 168, 184 counterimage, 14, 30, 33, 34, 36 countermigration, 8 cover pages, 132, 141, 143, 144 cross-dressing, 6, 8, 14, 15, 58, 60, 65, 68, 69, 76, 80, 94, 102–11, 126, 142–58, 160, 162, 163, 178, 180, 182, 191, 193, 203n7, 210n40, 220n20; male-to-female, 163, 181–82, 217n15 cross-reference, 132 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 46, 192 Cui Shensi’s wife, 45–46 cultural heritage, 100, 106, 120, 131, 133, 140, 167, 168, 201n3, 219n13 cultural homeland, 8 cultural nationalism, 116–17 Da Ming yitongzhi, 18 Davis, Rocío G., 97, 165 de Beauvoir, Simone, 144 de Manuel, Dolores, 165 deculturalization, 166 defiance, 16, 37, 48, 92, 184 diaspora, 133, 215n28 discrimination, 116, 219n12 Disney, 218n4, 219n14, 219n17, 220n22; and animated films, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 14, 46, 51, 59, 102, 123, 141, 147, 158, 159, 161, 162, 162–86, 187, 188, 190, 192, 199, 202n4, 212n8, 216n5, 218n3, 218n9, 219n12, 219n13, 219n16, 220n20, 220n21; and children’s Brave Orchid, 111 Butler, Judith, 7, 8, 144. See also gender, performative Cai Yan, 3, 95, 111–15, 191, 213n17 calligraphy, 66, 79, 129, 130, 131, 139, 141, 169 Cao Zhengwen, 38, 204n26, 205n28 Captain Li Shang, 169, 170, 175, 179–80, 182, 184, 186, 218n8 Cass, Victoria, 36, 204n17 Chae, Youngsuk, 121 Chai Shao, 20 Chan, Joseph M., 166–67, 185, 187 Chan, Sucheng, 214n24 chastity, 18, 73, 80; female, 9, 29, 32, 34–35, 49, 80–81, 204n19 Cheung, King-kok, 120, 214n22 childbirth, 95, 103, 107 childhood, 32, 81, 94, 107, 109, 119, 126, 162, 167. See also girlhood children’s literature, 3, 123–27, 143, 146, 147, 181, 217n15, 219n16; Asian American, 125, 126, 129; ethnic, 125, 158 Chin, Charlie, 123, 127, 140–41, 157 Chin, Frank, 7, 104, 108, 116, 119, 198, 213n14 China Marches On, 3, 93 China Men, 201n2, 202n5, 213n15, 214n20, 215n30 China’s Bravest Girl: The Legend of Hua Mu Lan. See Chin, Charlie Chinatown, 47, 95, 97, 100, 101, 106, 110, 118, 214n20 Chinese America, 2...