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Drawing on the film Slaying the Dragon, discuss how 2 specific global events were linked to specific representations of Asian American women in Hollywood film industry. Describe how the women were depicted, and why/how these are problematic representations.
Also, in a few lines discuss two of the other short articles for this
week on Asian Americans in popular culture today. Why do these
representations matter? (ALL MY ARTICLES FOR THIS WEEK ARE BELOW)
- "Tokens on the Small Screen: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime Time and Streaming Television," Access at http://www.aapisontv.com/uploads/3/8/1/3/38136681/aapisontv.2017.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
- "Tracing the History of the Asian Woman Fetish" Tracing the History of the _Asian Woman Fetish_ _ Bitch Media.htm
- Kevin Wong. "As An Asian-American, here's Why Bruce Lee Still Matters."
Access at: http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/06/asian-american-bruce-lee-still-matters (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
- Rebecca Keegan. "Pixar Artis Sanjay Patel Gets Personal With Sanjay's Super Team." Los Angeles Times, April 2015. Access at:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-pixar-short-sanjay-super-team-20150429-story.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
- "Muslim-American Superhero Ms. Marvel Breaking Stereotypes." CBS News, Feb. 2016Access at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/muslim-american-superhero-ms-marvel-breaking-stereotypes/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Watch film Slaying the Dragon in-class
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Running Head: SLAYING THE DRAGON
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Slaying the Dragon
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SLAYING THE DRAGON
Part One
The film slaying the Dragon presents the negative stereotypes that surrounded AsianAmerican women as well as media effects and the society’s perception of them. This film
explores the reasons that are attributed to typecasting of Hollywood’s Asian American actresses
since the silent era film.
Based on this film, there are several specific global events that have been linked to the
presentation of Asian American women in Hollywood’s film industry. First, the film presents the
underrepresentation of Asians and the Asian culture in the United States media. It indicates that
in the Hollywood film industry, all roles that were granted to Asian American actresses usually
had stereotyped characters...
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