Doing Research on Mulan?

I've gotten a number of e-mail from students doing projects about Mulan (including college papers!), especially after the movie came out. I hope the Mulan FAQ itself provides a good start and I highly recommend carefully reading the questions listed on the main page and following the appropriate links.

If you do use the Mulan FAQ as a resource, please cite it as a reference:

Kuo, Angela. The Mulan FAQ. http://geocities.datacellar.net/Hollywood/5082/mulanfaq.html

However, I had to get my information from somewhere, and some people want to know my original sources. I tried to give credit where it was due throughout the FAQ and I listed everyone I could in my acknowledgements. Please note: the books, newspapers, and magazines mentioned are NOT cited in proper bibliographic format. As far as sources I recommend:

• The Art of Mulan by Jeff Kurtti. Lots of great information about the production of the Disney film as well as some background on the original Mulan legend.
• Disney's Mulan (Special Collector's Edition) by Russell Schroeder. Similar to The Art of Mulan but a lot shorter and less expensive.
• The July 1998 issue of Cinefantastique.
• The June 8, 1998 issue of Newsweek.
• The original poem itself and its various translations.

And sorry, I won't write your paper for you. Good luck with your projects, and if anyone comes across a good source I haven't found, please let me know.

Angela

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