In this Book
- Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: The Asian American Experience
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- PART I: UNDERCOVER ASIANS
- PART II: ASIANS UNCOVERED
- 6. Camp Kimora
- pp. 107-132
- 7. Seeing Multiracial
- pp. 133-160
- Bibliography
- pp. 195-218
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252095344
Related ISBN(s)
9780252038075, 9780252079566
MARC Record
OCLC
884725709
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2014-08-07
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2014
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