本书采用比较历史分析与文本分析的手法，化繁为简，分析社会历史背景与电影文本改编之间的关联。书中以五部改编自北朝民歌《木兰诗》的《花木兰》电影入手，着眼其各自的社会历史背景与其由形到神的电影改编之间的互动，以此为契机揭示过往百年来不同时期社会焦点的变迁，点明历史故事片反映并推动时代、推动传统的不断创新发展，揭示不同时期的改编所反映的各异时代特征，再前勾后联，电影与文化间的种种亦跃然纸上。
田媛，澳门科技大学电影学院 助理教授。 澳门科技大学传播学博士（2012-2016），奥克兰大学电影学硕士（2006-2007），山东大学英语语言文学本科（2000-2004）
Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 The Ballad of Mulan
1．2 Five Filmic Adaptations
1．3 Research Methodology
Chapter 2 The Singing of Patriotism： Mulan Joins the Army (1939)
2．1 The War Background and the Theme
2．2 Mulan， a Warrior
2．3 Wartime Nationalism
Chapter 3 Collective Memories of the Ideological Conflicts： Hua Mulan (1956)
3．1 Korean War in Chinese Idea， a Fight for Ideology and National Interest
3．2 Mulan， a Confident Female Warior Rising from the Underclass
3．3 Media Construction， Collective Memory and National Identity
Chapter 4 Praises of Household Happiness： Lady General Hua Mulan (1964)
4．1 A Fairyland in the Turmoil of 1960s
4．2 Mulan， a Filial Girl
4．3 Identity Crisis： the Fundamental Reason
Chapter 5 An Expression of Individualism and Feminism： Mulan (1998)
5．1 The Development of Individualism and Feminism in America
5．2 Mulan， the Lonely Heroine
5．3 China Exposes to Cultural Imperialism
Chapter 6 The Loss and Survival of Tradition under the Influence of Modernization： Mulan： Rise of a Warrior (2009)
6．1 Vast Changes in over 60 Years and the Theme
6．2 Mulan， a Hybridity of Past and Present
6．3 Chinese National Identity Formation： the Loss and Survival of Tradition in Modernization
Chapter 7 The Style and Narration of Key Scenes
7．1 Mulan Joins the Army (1939)
7．2 Hua Mulan (1956)
7．3 Lady General Hua Mulan (1964)
7．4 Mulan (1998)
7．5 Mulan： Rise of a Warrior (2009)
Chapter 8 Conclusion
8．1 Research Findings
8．2 Limitation of the Study and Recommendation for Future Research
Bibliography
Appendix
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