Identities in Motion Asian American Film and Video

Name: Identities in Motion Asian American Film and Video
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ISBN: 9780822329961

ISBN-10: 0822329964

ISBN-13: 9780822329961

Edition: 2002

Authors: Peter X. Feng

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Peter Feng shows how Asian American filmmakers frame & are framed by history, how they define & are defined by cinematic projections of Asian American identity. His work encompasses a wide range of films through the history of motion picture making.

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 8/14/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Locating Asian American Cinema in Discontinuity



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


Afterword: The Asian American Muse


Notes


Bibliography


Index