Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture

by LeiLani Nishime

In this first book-length study of media images of multiracial Asian Americans, Leilani Nishime traces the codes that alternatively enable and prevent audiences from recognizing the multiracial status of Asian Americans. Nishime's perceptive readings of popular media--movies, television shows, magazine articles, and artwork--indicate how and why the viewing public often fails to identify multiracial Asian Americans. Using actor Keanu Reeves and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252079566
• ISBN13: 9780252079566
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"