Abstract
In his article "Adoption, Cynical Detachment, and New Age Beliefs in Juno and Kung Fu Panda" Fu-Jen Chen situates his study within today's prevailing climate of global consumption to argue that the 2007 film Juno—featuring an unconventional portrayal of the adoption triad and a cynical detachment from public values—not only trivializes and depoliticizes the practice of adoption but also serves as an ideological supplement to today's global capitalism. Furthermore, Kung Fu Panda 1 & 2 (2008; 2011) provide two ideological messages of contemporary New Age spirituality—"the belief in nothing" in part I, and "the attitude of inner peace" in part II —that fit with and even fuel the world market economy.
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Chen, Fu-jen.
"Adoption, Cynical Detachment, and New Age Beliefs in Juno and Kung Fu Panda."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
19.2
(2017):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.3069>
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