Asian America through the Lens: History, Representations, and Identities

by Jun Xing and Jun Xing California State University Los Angeles

Book Overview

While some Asian American films and filmmakers are beginning to achieve acclaim in mainstream U.S. culture, neither academic scholars nor society as a whole has sufficiently taken account of the history of this rich and growing body of cinematic production. In Asian America Through the Lens, Jun Xing accomplishes the colossal task of surveying Asian American cinema for the first time, allowing its aesthetic, cultural, and political diversity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076199176X
• ISBN13: 9780761991762
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"