Asian Americans and the Media

Informationen zum Autor Kent A. Ono is a Professor of Communications and Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Vincent N. Pham is a Doctoral Student at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Klappentext This exciting new book provides a concise, thoughtful, and critical approach to the study of Asian Americans and the media. It introduces the complex subject of US media representations of Asian Americans and explores ways in which Asian Americans have resisted those representations, but have also reconceptualized the terrain of challenge and resistance, often through their own media productions. In a style that is both engaging and accessible, Ono and Pham summarize key scholarship and lay theoretical groundwork to help students, scholars, and other interested readers understand their subject. The book covers representations of Asian Americans in traditional media, including print, film, music, radio, and television, as well as in newer media, primarily Internet-situated. The authors powerfully illustrate how Asian Americans had little control over their representation in early US media and what the resultant images constructed by historically dominant white society were. In this context, the book draws attention to both recurring patterns and responses by Asian Americans: today, they are creating complex, sophisticated, and imaginative self-portraits, often equipped with powerful information and education. Throughout, Ono and Pham encourage careful consideration of the relationship between media and minority groups in their historical, cultural, political, and social contexts, and envision an even more active role for Asian Americans in future media. Asian Americans and the Media will be an ideal text for all students taking courses such as on Asian American Studies, Minorities and the Media, Media Criticism, and Race and Ethnic Studies. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to provide an overview of the complex relationship between Asian Americans and the media. Synthesises a wealth of scholarship in this emergent field and also contributes its own original perspective whilst remaining pedagogically focused. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction. Section 1: Historical and Mainstream Media Representations. 2. The Persistence of Yellow Peril Discourse. 3. Media Yellowface "Logics". 4. Problematic Representations of Asian American Gender and Sexuality. 5. Threatening Model Minorities: The Asian American Horatio Alger Story. Section 2: Striving for Media Independence. 6. Asian American Public Criticisms and Community Protests. 7. Asian American Media Independence. 8. The Interface of Asian American Independent Media and the Mainstream. 9. Asian American New Media Practices. 10. Mobilizing Organizations. 11. Conclusion: Many Languages! One Voice. Glossary. References ...

Autorentext

Kent A. Ono is a Professor of Communications and Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Vincent N. Pham is a Doctoral Student at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Klappentext

This exciting new book provides a concise, thoughtful, and critical approach to the study of Asian Americans and the media. It introduces the complex subject of US media representations of Asian Americans and explores ways in which Asian Americans have resisted those representations, but have also reconceptualized the terrain of challenge and resistance, often through their own media productions.

In a style that is both engaging and accessible, Ono and Pham summarize key scholarship and lay theoretical groundwork to help students, scholars, and other interested readers understand their subject. The book covers representations of Asian Americans in traditional media, including print, film, music, radio, and television, as well as in newer media, primarily Internet-situated. The authors powerfully illustrate how Asian Americans had little control over their representation in early US media and what the resultant images constructed by historically dominant white society were. In this context, the book draws attention to both recurring patterns and responses by Asian Americans: today, they are creating complex, sophisticated, and imaginative self-portraits, often equipped with powerful information and education. Throughout, Ono and Pham encourage careful consideration of the relationship between media and minority groups in their historical, cultural, political, and social contexts, and envision an even more active role for Asian Americans in future media.

Asian Americans and the Media will be an ideal text for all students taking courses such as on Asian American Studies, Minorities and the Media, Media Criticism, and Race and Ethnic Studies.

Zusammenfassung
This is the first book to provide an overview of the complex relationship between Asian Americans and the media. Synthesises a wealth of scholarship in this emergent field and also contributes its own original perspective whilst remaining pedagogically focused.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.Section 1: Historical and Mainstream Media Representations.2. The Persistence of Yellow Peril Discourse.3. Media Yellowface "Logics".4. Problematic Representations of Asian American Gender and Sexuality.5. Threatening Model Minorities: The Asian American Horatio Alger Story.Section 2: Striving for Media Independence.6. Asian American Public Criticisms and Community Protests.7. Asian American Media Independence.8. The Interface of Asian American Independent Media and the Mainstream.9. Asian American New Media Practices.10. Mobilizing Organizations.11. Conclusion: Many Languages, One Voice.Glossary.References