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Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video
Peter X Feng
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Description for Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video
Paperback. Considers questions of Asian American Identity and issues of homeland and home in Asian American film. Num Pages: 304 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5919 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
This innovative book shows how Asian American filmmakers and videomakers frame and are framed by history—how they define and are defined by cinematic projections of Asian American identity. Combining close readings of films and videos, sophisticated cultural analyses, and detailed production histories that reveal the complex forces at play in the making and distributing of these movies, Identities in Motion offers an illuminating interpretative framework for assessing the extraordinary range of Asian American films produced in North America.
Peter X Feng considers a wide range of works—from genres such as detective films to romantic comedies to ethnographic films, documentaries, avant-garde ... Read more
This innovative book shows how Asian American filmmakers and videomakers frame and are framed by history—how they define and are defined by cinematic projections of Asian American identity. Combining close readings of films and videos, sophisticated cultural analyses, and detailed production histories that reveal the complex forces at play in the making and distributing of these movies, Identities in Motion offers an illuminating interpretative framework for assessing the extraordinary range of Asian American films produced in North America.
Peter X Feng considers a wide range of works—from genres such as detective films to romantic comedies to ethnographic films, documentaries, avant-garde ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822329961
SKU
V9780822329961
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About Peter X Feng
Peter X Feng is Associate Professor of English and Women’s Studies at the University of Delaware. He is the editor of Screening Asian Americans.
Reviews for Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video
“Because it grapples with the difficult issues of race, ethnicity, and identity, this book is an important contribution to literature on the history and formation of the Asian American community.”—Gina Marchetti, author of Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction “Identities, Peter X Feng reminds us in this perceptive work, elude capture. They are ... Read more