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Asian American Media Activism - Fighting for Cultural Citizenship

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Lori Kido Lopez Klappentext Choice Top 25 Academic Title How activists and minority communities use media to facilitate social change and achieve cultural citizenship. Among the most well-known YouTubers are a cadre of talented Asian American performers, including comedian Ryan Higa and makeup artist Michelle Phan. Yet beneath the sheen of these online success stories lies a problem-Asian Americans remain sorely underrepresented in mainstream film and television. When they do appear on screen, they are often relegated to demeaning stereotypes such as the comical foreigner, the sexy girlfriend, or the martial arts villain. The story that remains untold is that as long as these inequities have existed, Asian Americans have been fighting back-joining together to protest offensive imagery, support Asian American actors and industry workers, and make their voices heard. Providing a cultural history and ethnography, Asian American Media Activism assesses everything from grassroots collectives in the 1970s up to contemporary engagements by fan groups, advertising agencies, and users on YouTube and Twitter. In linking these different forms of activism, Lori Kido Lopez investigates how Asian American media activism takes place and evaluates what kinds of interventions are most effective. Ultimately, Lopez finds that activists must be understood as fighting for cultural citizenship, a deeper sense of belonging and acceptance within a nation that has long rejected them.

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Authors Lori Kido Lopez
Publisher New York University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.05.2016
 
EAN 9781479866830
ISBN 978-1-4798-6683-0
No. of pages 272
Series Critical Cultural Communication
Critical Cultural Communication
Critical Cultural Communicatio
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore

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