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Nishime LeiLani |
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Undercover Asian : multiracial Asian Americans in visual culture / / LeiLani Nishime |
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Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Collana |
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Asian American Experience |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Asian Americans in popular culture - United States |
Racially mixed people in popular culture - United States |
Visual culture - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface. why are you? : multiracial Asian Americans and the question of visibility -- The myth of the mulatto millennium -- Queer Keanu : the politics of bad acting in the era of don't ask, don't tell -- Tiger Woods and the perils of colorblind celebrity -- Aliens : the inter-racial family in Battlestar Galactica -- The matrix trilogy and multiraciality at the end of time -- Camp Kimora -- Seeing multiracial. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this 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. |
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