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Nishime, Leilani

 
9780252079566: Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture
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ISBN 10 : 0252079566 ISBN 13 : 9780252079566
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2013

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

Leilani Nishime is an assistant professor of communications at the University of Washington and the coeditor of East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture.

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Éditeur
University of Illinois Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0252079566
ISBN 13 
9780252079566
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
238
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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