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[email protected] ANG LEE’S AMERICA: A STUDY OF ADAPTATION AND TRANSCULTURATION by YU-YUN HSIEH A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Comparative Literature in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2019 © 2019 YU-YUN HSIEH All Rights Reserved Ang Lee’s America: A Study of Adaptation and Transculturation by Yu-Yun Hsieh This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Comparative Literature in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 04052019 David S. Reynolds Date Chair of Examining Committee 04052019 Giancarlo Lombardi Date Executive Officer Supervisory Committee: David S. Reynolds Jerry W. Carlson Giancarlo Lombardi THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iv ABSTRACT Ang Lee’s America: A Study of Adaptation and Transculturation by Yu-Yun Hsieh Advisor: David S. Reynolds In Ang Lee’s America: A Study of Adaptation and Transculturation, I examine how Ang Lee, a Taiwanese filmmaker in the US, represents historic America while reflecting on a culturally hybrid Taiwanese identity in his five American-themed films—The Ice Storm (1997), Ride with the Devil (1999), Hulk (2003), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and Taking Woodstock (2009).