Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture
Leilani Nishime
In this first book-length study of media images of multiracial Asian Americans, Leilani Nishime traces the codes that alternatively enable and prevent audiences from recognizing the multiracial status of Asian Americans. Nishime's perceptive readings of popular media--movies, television shows, magazine articles, and artwork--indicate how and why the viewing public often fails to identify multiracial Asian Americans. Using actor Keanu Reeves and the Matrix trilogy, golfer Tiger Woods as examples, Nishime suggests that this failure is tied to gender, sexuality, and post-racial politics. Also considering alternative images such as reality TV star Kimora Lee Simmons, the television show Battlestar Galactica, and the artwork of Kip Fulbeck, this incisive study offers nuanced interpretations that open the door to a new and productive understanding of race in America.
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Tahun:
2014
Edisi:
1
Penerbit:
University of Illinois Press
Bahasa:
english
Halaman:
264
ISBN 10:
0252095340
ISBN 13:
9780252095344
ISBN:
2013015227
Nama siri:
Asian American Experience
Fail:
PDF, 2.13 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2014