The hypersexuality of race [electronic resource] : performing Asian/American women on screen and scene / Celine Parreñas Shimizu.
In The Hypersexuality of Race, Celine Parreñas Shimizu urges a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions. Shimizu advocates moving beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeanin...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Summary: | In The Hypersexuality of Race, Celine Parreñas Shimizu urges a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions. Shimizu advocates moving beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative. Arguing for a more nuanced approach to the mysterious mix of pleasure, pain, and power in performances of sexuality, she advances a theory of "productive perversity," a theory which allows Asian/American women-and by extension other women of color-to lay claim to their own. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 339 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-324) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822389941 0822389940 |
| DOI: | 10.1215/9780822389941 |