De-ethnicisation of Chinese American Films in American Streaming Media

Modern Media Studies

MMS, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2026, pp.1-12.

Print ISSN: 3078-3151; Online ISSN: 3104-5049

Journal homepage: https://www.mmsjournal.com

DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/mms260101dcafa

美国流媒体平台华裔影片的去族裔化研究

彭露杨（Peng Luyang），杨静（Yang Jing）

摘要：2020年以来，美国流媒体平台播放的系列华裔电影呈现出“去族裔化”叙事/审美的双重转型。有别于《花鼓歌》与《喜福会》等传统院线电影中的唐人街和代际冲突的故事模版，《真心半解》和《青春变形记》等影片采用突破叙事窠臼、利用流媒体机制等手段，弱化族裔身份在文本中的主导地位，重构华裔主体性，吸引了多元的观影群体，拓展了其在美国社会中的表达空间。

关键词：华裔电影；流媒体平台；叙事转型；审美转型；去族裔化

作者简介：彭露杨，广东外语外贸大学英语语言与文化学院硕士研究生。研究方向：跨文化研究，电影研究。电邮：magicmoon960018@163.com。杨静（通讯作者），广东外语外贸大学教授、博士生导师。研究方向:跨文化研究,电影研究，英美文学。电邮：199910233@gdufs.edu.cn。

Title: De-ethnicisation of Chinese American Films in American Streaming Media

Abstract: Asian-dominated films in the US have undergone narrative and aesthetic shift as a result of the rise of streaming media. Compared with the conventional paradigm of intergenerational conflict set in Chinatown in previous boxoffice hits like Flower Drum Song (1961) and The Joy Luck Club (1993), The Half of It (2020) and Turning Red (2022) released on streaming platforms exemplifies a tendency of de-ethnicization. By exploring their story-telling through leveraging streaming mechanisms, the paper argues that de-ethnicization of Chinese American films help to reach wider audiences and reconstruct subjectivity.

Keywords: Chinese American Films; Streaming Media; Narrative Transformation; Aesthetic Transformation; De-ethnicization

Author Biographies: Peng Luyang is Master’s candidate at Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Research interests: Cross-cultural studies, Film studies. E-mail: magicmoon960018@163.com. Yang Jing (Corresponding Author) is Professor of English at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Research interests: Cross-cultural studies, Film studies, British and American literature. E-mail: 199910233@gdufs.edu.cn.