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Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture (Asian American Experience)

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Management number 233634421 Release Date 2026/06/27 List Price $10.46 Model Number 233634421
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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. Read more

ISBN10 0252079566
ISBN13 978-0252079566
Edition First Edition
Language English
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Item Weight 14.4 ounces
Print length 238 pages
Part of series Asian American Experience
Publication date December 20, 2013

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