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China’s Image in Cross-Cultural Perspective: An Analysis of Stereotypes in Hollywood Films

Authors
Qiang Zhang1, *
1Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, 650500, Yunnan Province, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 553381692@qq.com
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Qiang Zhang
Available Online 22 June 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-430-3_33How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Stereotype Studies; Intercultural Communication; Postcolonial Literary Theory; Image Studies
Abstract

According to L.S. Harms’ theory of communication, with the continuous development of science and technology, communication in modern human society has reached the fifth stage. Human beings have stepped into a society mainly characterized by intercultural communication. Intercultural communication exists everywhere in life. As a medium of cultural communication, movie art plays an important role in cross-cultural communication. The research object of this paper is American Hollywood films. By analyzing the classic Hollywood films in the early 20th, late 20th and early 21st centuries, we show the changes of China’s image in Hollywood films, and further discuss the causes of stereotypes in the cross-cultural communication media. It is concluded that the causes of stereotypes in Western Hollywood films are mainly divided into three categories, namely, stereotypes caused by historical bias, stereotypes caused by information gaps in the media, and stereotypes caused by cultural centrism. Next, this paper will analyze these three causes with examples.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 3rd International Conference on Language, Innovative Education and Cultural Communication (CLEC 2025)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
22 June 2025
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978-2-38476-430-3
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-38476-430-3_33How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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