Asian America through the Lens: History, Representations, and Identities (Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans)

Xing, Jun

ISBN 10: 076199176X / ISBN 13: 9780761991762

Verlag: AltaMira Press, 1998

A bright, square, and overall a nice copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BOS-L-14g-01193

Inhaltsangabe:

While some Asian American films and filmmakers are beginning to achieve acclaim in mainstream U.S. culture, neither academic scholars nor society as a whole has sufficiently taken account of the history of this rich and growing body of cinematic production. In "Asian America Through the Lens", Jun Xing accomplishes the colossal task of surveying Asian American cinema for the first time, allowing its aesthetic, cultural, and political diversity and continuities to emerge. Unique insight into Asian American experience in both mainstream and alternative film production is provided by textual analysis as well as by the voices of filmmakers and actors themselves. With constant attention to the specificities of Asian American histories and cultures, Xing engages a broad range of issues and theoretical perspectives, drawing insight from such bodies of scholarship as African American and Latino film studies, Marxian cultural theory, ethnic studies and the politics of representation, and poststructuralist and feminist discourses.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Jun Xing

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Asian America through the Lens: History, ...
Verlag: AltaMira Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good