Duke University Press Books, Date: 2007-07-09. Paperback. Good. 2007. Duke University Press Books ISBN 082234033X 9780822340331 [US]

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9", displays light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and bright. xii/339 pages."In "The Hypersexuality of Race," Celine Parreñas Shimizu urges a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions. Shimizu advocates moving beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative. Arguing for a more nuanced approach to the mysterious mix of pleasure, pain, and power in performances of sexuality, she advances a theory of "productive perversity," a theory which allows Asian/American women—and by extension other women of color—to lay claim to their own sexuality and desires as actors, producers, critics, and spectators.Shimizu combines theoretical and textual analysis and interviews with artists involved in various productions. She complicates understandings of the controversial portrayals of Asian female sexuality in the popular Broadway musical "Miss Saigon" by drawing on ethnographic research and interviews with some of the actresses in it. She looks at how three Hollywood Asian/American femme fatales—Anna May Wong, Nancy Kwan, and Lucy Liu—negotiate representations of their sexuality; analyzes 1920s and 1930s stag films in which white women perform as sexualized Asian characters; and considers Asian/American women's performances in films ranging from the stag pornography of the 1940s to the ...

ISBN10: 082234033X, ISBN13: 9780822340331, [publisher: Duke University Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Based on author's own experiences as a Filapina American filmmaker and as a spectator to urge a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions, this book moves beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]

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ISBN10: 082234033X, ISBN13: 9780822340331, [publisher: Duke University Press] Softcover Based on author's own experiences as a Filapina American filmmaker and as a spectator to urge a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions, this book moves beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative. Num Pages: 352 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; APFA; GTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468. . 2007. Illustrated. Paperback. . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2007]