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, the Matrix trilogy, and 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.
Titel
Undercover Asian
Untertitel
Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture
Autor
EAN
9780252095344
ISBN
978-0-252-09534-4
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
15.01.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
0.94 MB
Anzahl Seiten
256
Jahr
2014
Untertitel
Englisch
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