04b – Mulan Part 2

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We start where we left of in Episode 4a – Mulan Part 1, Mulan has joined the army. How does Mulan from the old tales prevent being discovered to be a woman? I discuss the origins of Mushu, Li Shang and what makes Chi Fu such a misognyst. I talk about how Disney’s Mulan and Mulan from the legends approaches, trains for and wages war, and how she handles the various romantic angles or lack thereof. This one was a lot of fun to work on. Enjoy! 

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Featuring

Daniel Hale as Liu Yuandu

Daniel is host of The Disgeek Podcast, Getting Dirty /w Daniel & Laurie and The Earvengers

 

Rommy-Chan Driks as Hua Mulan

 

Music Credits

Sacred Chinese Mountain (Loop) by Fabo

by Hong Ting

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Recommended Reading

 

 

 

Bibliography

 

Print

Kurtti, Jeff. “Art of Mulan, The”  Hyperion; 1ST edition (June 20, 1998)

Fuhai, Huang (Translator). “Song of Mulan”. Shanghai, People’s Fine Arts Publishing House (March 1, 2010)

Kwa, Shiami & Idema, Wilt, L. “Mulan: Five Versions of a Classic Chinese Legend, with Related Texts”. Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing Co. (September 1, 2010)

 

Film

Hua Mulan chuan qi a.k.a. Saga of Mulan, Dir.  Lili Qiu, Dir. Lang Xiao, Tianjin Film Studio, Changchun Film Studio (1994)

Mulan, Dir. Barry Cook, Dir. Tony Bancroft, Buena Vista Pictures 1998

Hua Mulan, Dir. Jingle Ma, Dir. Wei Dong, Beijing Poly-bona Film Publishing Company 2009

 

World Wide Web

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https://sites.google.com/site/womenoftheclassicalempires/home/women-in-the-han-dynasty “Women in the Han Dynasty”

http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-173_t-472_c-1711/act/history/ancient-societies-china/ancient-china-part-ii/daily-life-of-women “Ancient societies – China – Ancient China: part II – Daily life of women”

http://history.cultural-china.com/en/48History11639.html Cultural China “Hua Mulan”

http://dettoldisney.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/mulan-vs-the-legend-of-hua-mulan/ Disney – The Dettol of Storytelling? “Mulan vs. The Legend of Mulan”

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/12372 “Mulan in Real Life: Chinese Women Soldiers and Feminism”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Mulan “Hua Mulan”

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_marriage “Chinese Marriage”

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http://www.lifepaths360.com/index.php/womens-rights-in-ancient-china-13182/ “Women’s Rights in Ancient China”

http://hare.bio.miami.edu/hun/xiang.html Krempels D.M. 1998 “The True Story of Shan Yu”

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http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Han/personslishang.html “Chinese History – Li Shang”