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1 online resource (211 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Whitewashing the Movies addresses the popular practice of excluding Asian actors from playing Asian characters in film. Media activists and critics have denounced contemporary decisions to cast White actors to play Asians and Asian Americans in movies such as Ghost in the Shell and Aloha. The purpose of this book is to apply the concept of "whitewashing" in stories that privilege White identities at the expense of Asian/American stories and characters. To understand whitewashing across various contexts, the book analyzes films produced in Hollywood, Asian American independent production, and US-China co-productions. Through the analysis, the book examines the ways in which whitewashing matters in the project of Whiteness and White racial hegemony. The book contributes to contemporary understanding of mediated representations of race by theorizing whitewashing, contributing to studies of Whiteness in media studies, and producing a counter-imagination of Asian/American representation in Asian-centered stories"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Whitewashing romance in Hawai'i: Aloha -- White China experts, Asian American Twinkies: Shanghai calling and Already tomorrow in Hong Kong -- White grievance, heroism, and post racist, mixed race inclusion in 47 Ronin -- Satire and the villainy of Kim Jong Un: the interview -- White survival in Southeast Asia: No escape and The impossible -- Whitewashing anime remakes: Ghost in the shell and Dragonball evolution -- Transnational co-production and the ambivalence of white masculine heroism: The Great Wall, Outcast, and Enter the warrior's gate -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Asian Americans in motion pictures.
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Asian Americans in motion pictures. |
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White people in motion pictures.
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White people in motion pictures. |
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Ethnicity in motion pictures.
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Ethnicity in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Motion pictures. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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History. |
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PERFORMING ARTS / General. |
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1900-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Oh, David C. Whitewashing the movies. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021] 9781978808621 (DLC) 2020040334 (OCoLC)1196196837 |
| ISBN |
9781978808669 electronic book |
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1978808666 electronic book |
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9781978808645 electronic publication |
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197880864X electronic publication |
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9781978808652 mobi |
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1978808658 mobi |
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9781978808621 paperback |
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9781978808638 hardcover |
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1978808623 |
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1978808631 |
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