View From the Bottom - Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation

Rather than using displays of masculinity to counter portrayals of Asian American men as passive and effeminate, Nguyen Tan Hoang develops a concept of bottomhood that opens up political alliances based on risk, vulnerability, and receptiveness.

List of contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1. The Rise, and Fall, of a Gay Asian American Porn Star 29

2. Relfections on an Asian Bottom 71

3. The Lover's "Gorgeous Ass" 111

4. The Politics of Starch 151

Conclusion 193

Notes 207

Bibliography 253

Videography 271

Index 275

About the author

Nguyen Tan Hoang is Assistant Professor of English and Film Studies at Bryn Mawr College. He is also a videomaker whose works include K.I.P, Forever Bottom!, PIRATED! and look_im_azn.  His videos have been screened at the Museum of Modern Art, The Getty Center, and the Centre Pompidou.
 

Summary

Rather than using displays of masculinity to counter portrayals of Asian American men as passive and effeminate, Nguyen Tan Hoang develops a concept of bottomhood that opens up political alliances based on risk, vulnerability, and receptiveness.

Product details

• Authors: Hoang Tan Nguyen, Tan Hoang Nguyen, Tân Hoàng Nguyen
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2014
• EAN: 9780822356721
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5672-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe; Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe; Perverse Modernities: A Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories