Title
Asian Americans and the media / Kent A. Ono and Vincent N. Pham.
ISBN
9780745642741 (pbk.)
0745642748 (pbk.)
9780745642734
074564273X
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2009.
Language
English
Description
vii, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
P94.5.A75 U55 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.2308995073
Summary
"This exciting book provides a concise, thoughtful, and critical approach to the study of Asian Americans and the media. Introducing the complex subject of representations of Asian Americans in US media, the authors explore ways in which Asian Americans have resisted those representations, often through their own media productions." "In an engaging manner, Ono and Pham summarize key scholarship and lay theoretical groundwork to help the reader understand this vibrant area of study. Representations are covered both in traditional media, including print, film, music, and television, and in newer media, primarily Internet situated. The authors powerfully illustrate how Asian Americans had little control over early forms of their representation in US media, analysing the resultant images constructed by historically dominant white society. Ono and Pham highlight the recurrent patterns of representations and the diversity of responses by Asian Americans, who today are often creating complex, sophisticated, and imaginative self-portraits." "Asian Americans and the Media will be an ideal text for all students taking courses on Asian American Studies, Minorities and the Media, Media Criticism, and Race and Ethnic Studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Media and minorities (Polity Press)
Pt. I: Historical and mainstream media representations. The persistence of yellow peril discourse ; Media yellowface "logics" ; Problematic representation of Asian American gender and sexuality ; Threatening model minorities: the Asian American Horatio Alger story
Pt. II: Striving for media independence. Asian American public criticisms and community protests ; Asian American media independence ; The interface of Asian American independent media and the mainstream ; Asian American new media practices ; Mobilizing organizations ; Conclusion: Many languages, one voice
Appendix: Transcript of the JV and Elvis prank phone call
Glossary of key terms.
