Date of Award
Winter 1-7-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Angelo Restivo
Second Advisor
Alessandra Raengo
Third Advisor
Ted Friedman
Abstract
Asian/American women occupy a highly circumscribed subject position in popular Western culture that entails a unique reading of our bodies. My discussion of this group will gain greater depth and scope by using Black body theory as a theoretical framework to better understand how Asian/American bodies become a site to enact a multitude of fantasies, fears, and anxieties. I will examine three case studies: the construction of the interracial “romance” featuring Asian/American women produced in classical Hollywood cinema, interracial pornography featuring Asian/American female performers, and the independent works of Asian/American feminist filmmakers. Topics interrogated include the over-determination of non-White bodies and possibilities for destabilizing bodies and crafting their new legibility.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1664251
Recommended Citation
Wilcox, Charleen M., "Constructing Asian/American Women on Screen." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1664251