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

by Celine Parreñas Shimizu

Book Overview

In The Hypersexuality of Race, Celine Parre as 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082234033X
• ISBN13: 9780822340331
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.7"