UID:
edocfu_9959227965202883
Format:
1 online resource (295 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8047-8220-2
Series Statement:
Asian America
Content:
Depictions of Asian American men as effeminate or asexual pervade popular movies. Hollywood has made clear that Asian American men lack the qualities inherent to the heroic heterosexual male. This restricting, circumscribed vision of masculinity-a straitjacketing, according to author Celine Parreñas Shimizu-aggravates Asian American male sexual problems both on and off screen. Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies looks to cinematic history to reveal the dynamic ways Asian American men, from Bruce Lee to Long Duk Dong, create and claim a
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Ethics and Responsibility: The Sexual Problems of Asian American Men in the Movies; 1. With Vulnerable Strength: Re-Signifying the Sexual Manhood of Bruce Lee; 2. On the Grounds of Shame, New Relations: Asian American Manhoods in Hollywood; 3. The Marvelous Plenty of Asian American Men: Independent Film as a Technology of Ethics; 4. Assembling Asian American Men in Pornography: Shattering the Self toward Ethical Manhoods; 5. Unbinding Straitjacket Sexualities: The Calm Manhoods of Asian American Male Hollywood Stars
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Epilogue: Claiming the Power of Lack in the Face of Macho: Asian American Manhoods in the MoviesNotes; Bibliography and Suggested Readings; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8047-7300-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780804782203
