The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Hypersexuality of Race by Celine Parreñas Shimizu Based on authors own experiences as a Filapina American filmmaker and as a spectator to urge a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions, this book moves beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In The Hypersexuality of Race, Celine Parrenas 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 sexuality and desires as actors, producers, critics, and spectators.Shimizu combines theoretical and textual analysis and interviews with artists involved in various productions. She complicates understandings of the controversial portrayals of Asian female sexuality in the popular Broadway musical Miss Saigon by drawing on ethnographic research and interviews with some of the actresses in it. She looks at how three Hollywood Asian/American femme fatales-Anna May Wong, Nancy Kwan, and Lucy Liu-negotiate representations of their sexuality; analyzes 1920s and 1930s stag films in which white women perform as sexualized Asian characters; and considers Asian/American womens performances in films ranging from the stag pornography of the 1940s to the Internet and video porn of the 1990s. She also reflects on two documentaries depicting Southeast Asian prostitutes and sex tourism, The Good Woman of Bangkok and 101 Asian Debutantes. In her examination of films and videos made by Asian/American feminists, Shimizu describes how female characters in their works reject normative definitions of race, gender, and sexuality, thereby expanding our definitions of racialized sexualities in representation. Notes A study of the Asian woman as sexual icon in visual culture Back Cover "I find "The Hypersexuality of Race" nothing short of brilliant, a rigorous and galvanizing scholarly endeavor that promises to make an immediate impact on the fields of Asian American studies, feminist theory, theater and performance studies, and film and cultural studies."--Daphne A. Brooks, author of "Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910" ""The Hypersexuality of Race" promises to be an influential and perhaps notorious book. Refusing to shy away from the complexity of sexuality and its contradictory meanings, Celine Parrenas Shimizu does not distinguish between positive (or politically correct) and negative sex acts but rather situates Asian (American) womens expressions of sexuality in relation to racial formation, class consciousness, and other discourses of identity. She emphasizes context and contingency."--Peter X Feng, author of "Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video" Author Biography Celine Parreñas Shimizu is Associate Professor of Asian American, Film, and Womens Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a filmmaker whose movies include The Fact of Asian Women (2002), which won four national festival awards; Super Flip (1997); and Her Uprooting Plants Her (1995). Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix1. The Hypersexuality of Asian/American Women: Toward a Politically Productive Perversity on Screen and Scene 12. The Bind of Representation: Performing and Consuming Hypersexuality in Miss Saigon 303. The Sexual Bonds of Racial Stardom: Asian American Femme Fatales in Hollywood 584. Racial Threat or Racial Treat? Performing Yellowface Sex Acts in Stag Films, 1920–34 1025. Queens of Anal, Double, Trip, and the Gangbang: Producing Asian/American Feminism in Pornography, 1940s–1990s 1406. Sex Tourists with Movie Cameras and Prostitutes without Movie Cameras: Politicizing the Bottom in Southeast Asian Sex Tourist Movies 1857. The Political Power of Hypersexuality in Asian American Feminist Films 2268. New Horizons in Race-Positive Sexuality 267Notes 275Bibliography 301Index 325 Review "I find The Hypersexuality of Race nothing short of brilliant, a rigorous and galvanizing scholarly endeavor that promises to make an immediate impact on the fields of Asian American studies, feminist theory, theater and performance studies, and film and cultural studies."--Daphne A. Brooks, author of Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910 "The Hypersexuality of Race promises to be an influential and perhaps notorious book. Refusing to shy away from the complexity of sexuality and its contradictory meanings, Celine Parrenas Shimizu does not distinguish between positive (or politically correct) and negative sex acts but rather situates Asian (American) womens expressions of sexuality in relation to racial formation, class consciousness, and other discourses of identity. She emphasizes context and contingency."--Peter X Feng, author of Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video Promotional A study of the Asian woman as sexual icon in visual culture Long Description In "The Hypersexuality of Race," Celine Parrenas 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 sexuality and desires as actors, producers, critics, and spectators. Shimizu combines theoretical and textual analysis and interviews with artists involved in various productions. She complicates understandings of the controversial portrayals of Asian female sexuality in the popular Broadway musical "Miss Saigon" by drawing on ethnographic research and interviews with some of the actresses in it. She looks at how three Hollywood Asian/American femme fatales--Anna May Wong, Nancy Kwan, and Lucy Liu--negotiate representations of their sexuality; analyzes 1920s and 1930s stag films in which white women perform as sexualized Asian characters; and considers Asian/American womens performances in films ranging from the stag pornography of the 1940s to the Internet and video porn of the 1990s. She also reflects on two documentaries depicting Southeast Asian prostitutes and sex tourism, "The Good Woman of Bangkok" and "101 Asian Debutantes," In her examination of films and videos made by Asian/American feminists, Shimizu describes how female characters in their works reject normative definitions of race, gender, and sexuality, thereby expanding our definitions of racialized sexualities in representation. Review Quote " The Hypersexuality of Race promises to be an influential and perhaps notorious book. Refusing to shy away from the complexity of sexuality and its contradictory meanings, Celine Parre as Shimizu does not distinguish between positive (or politically correct) and negative sex acts but rather situates Asian (American) womens expressions of sexuality in relation to racial formation, class consciousness, and other discourses of identity. She emphasizes context and contingency."-Peter X Feng, author of Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video Details ISBN082234033X Short Title HYPERSEXUALITY OF RACE Publisher Duke University Press Language English ISBN-10 082234033X ISBN-13 9780822340331 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2007 Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780822340331 UK Release Date 2007-07-30 AU Release Date 2007-07-30 NZ Release Date 2007-07-30 US Release Date 2007-07-30 Author Celine Parreñas Shimizu Pages 352 Publication Date 2007-07-30 DEWEY 791.43652995073083 Illustrations 64 b&w photos Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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