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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461721503321

Autore

Shimizu Celine

Titolo

Straitjacket Sexualities [[electronic resource] ] : Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8220-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Asian America

Disciplina

791.43/65211

791.4365211

Soggetti

Asian American men in motion pictures

Masculinity in motion pictures

Motion pictures - United States - History

Motion pictures -- United States -- History

Sex in motion pictures

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Film

Asian American men in motion pictures - History - United States

Motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Ethics and Responsibility: The Sexual Problems of Asian American Men in the Movies; 1. With Vulnerable Strength: Re-Signifying the Sexual Manhood of Bruce Lee; 2. On the Grounds of Shame, New Relations: Asian American Manhoods in Hollywood; 3. The Marvelous Plenty of Asian American Men: Independent Film as a Technology of Ethics; 4. Assembling Asian American Men in Pornography: Shattering the Self toward Ethical Manhoods; 5. Unbinding Straitjacket Sexualities: The Calm Manhoods of Asian American Male Hollywood Stars

Epilogue: Claiming the Power of Lack in the Face of Macho: Asian American Manhoods in the MoviesNotes; Bibliography and Suggested Readings; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Depictions of Asian American men as effeminate or asexual pervade popular movies. Hollywood has made clear that Asian American men lack the qualities inherent to the heroic heterosexual male. This restricting, circumscribed vision of masculinity-a straitjacketing, according to author Celine ParrenĖƒas Shimizu-aggravates Asian American male sexual problems both on and off screen.  Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies looks to cinematic history to reveal the dynamic ways Asian American men, from Bruce Lee to Long Duk Dong, create and claim a