| Description |
xi, 291 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Myths of origin : ethnography, romance, home movies. The camera as microscope : cinema and ethnographic discourse ; Pioneering romance : immigration, Americanization, and Asian women ; Articulating silence : Sansei and memories of the camps -- Travelogues. Decentering the middle kingdom : ABCs and the PRC ; Lost in the media jungle ; Tiana Thi Thanh Nga's Hollywood mimicry -- Performing transformation. Becoming Asian American: Chan is missing ; We're queer! We're where? Locating transgressive films ; Paying lip service : narrators in Surname Viet given name Nam and The joy luck club. |
| Subject |
Asian Americans in motion pictures.
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Asian Americans in the motion picture industry.
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| ISBN |
0822329964 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0822329832 (alk. paper) |
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