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Asian American Masculinity in American Film
A Presentation by Kraig Partridge
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How does the Media depict Asian American
Men?
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How does the Media depict Asian American
Men?
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Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to addUnder-Representation of Asian Characters
Only 3.4 percent of all television characters in 2007 were Asian.
70.70%
14.80%
6.70%
3.40% 4.10%0.30%
Share of all 2007 TV/Theatrical Roles
According to the Screen Actor's Guild
Caucasian African AmericanLatino/Hispanic Asian/PacificUnknown/Other N. American
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What effect does this have on the viewer?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFpwypkVBQk&feature=related
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Polarization of Asian Self Identity
“Whitewashing” “Asian Pride”
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Asian Self Identity“It overwhelms me with sadness to admit it… I bear the brand – the label – Americanized… I travel with the current… I was ambitious. I sought success. For what I have won, I paid the price. Am I American? No. Am I, then, Chinese? Not in the eyes of Ah Sing.”
-Charlie Chan in Keeper of the Keys by Earl Biggers
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What’s in a Stereotype?
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History of Asians in America-Influx of Asian immigrants in the late 19th to the turn of the 20th century. Immigrants are quickly seen as an economic threat.
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History of Asians in America-Influx of Asian Immigrants…-Anti-Asian sentiment grows to encompass social threat. “Yellow Journalists” describe the “Yellow Peril.”
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History of Asians in America-Influx of Asian Immigrants…-”Yellow Peril…”-Anti-Asian sentiment manifests itself in Anti-immigration and Anti-Chinese Legislation such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
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History of Asians in America-Influx of Asian Immigrants…-”Yellow Peril…”-Anti-Immigration Laws…-Anti-Asian Propaganda distributed during WWII, intensifying Anti-Asian sentiments. Approximately 110,000 Japanese relocated to “War Relocation Camps” in 1942.
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History of Asians in Early American Film-New motion picture technology helped spread images of the “Orient,” both authentic and staged.
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History of Asians in Early American Film-New motion picture technology…-Sessue Hayakawa becomes one of Hollywood’s first leading men, playing multiple romantic heroes.
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History of Asians in Early American Film-New motion picture technology…-Sessue Hayakawa…-In 1931, Fox Film Corporation casts Warner Oland as Charlie Chan in Charlie Chan Carries On, the first success for a Charlie Chan Film.
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History of Asians in Early American Film-New motion picture technology…-Sessue Hayakawa…-Charlie Chan-The Good Earth (1937) debuts, reinforcing the tradition of “Yellow Face” actors.
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Popular (and still very prevalent) Stereotypes
Asexual, Effeminate Kung Fu Masters
Nerds Foreigners
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Popular (and still very prevalent) Stereotypes
The Mysterious
“Other”
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The “Eunuch”, Effeminate or Asexual Man-Asian culture is traditionally seen as feminine, subservient, submissive through a Western lens.-Asian men are hardly ever depicted as romantic characters, and are often desexualized.-M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
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The Kung Fu Master, Wise Old Man-The “Ancient Traditions” of Asian culture are often played up.-Asians are highly skilled, especially in the Martial Arts.-Asians practice mysterious, alternative methods.-Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid
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Nerds, Geeks, “Mathletes”-Asian American men, especially adolescents, are strongly depicted as nerds.-Distinction between Asian Americans and “true” Asians.-Long Duck Dong in Sixteen Candles.
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The Foreigner, Immigrant, “FOB”-Asian characters overwhelmingly speak broken, accented, or little to no English.-They are culturally different, and often unaware of American cultural “ways.”-They are often depicted in menial, labor related occupations.
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Intersections of StereotypesRomeo Must Die (2003)
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In Conclusion…
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