Hollywood Asian : Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-ethnic Performance.

By: Chung, Hye SeungMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781592135172Subject(s): Ahn, Philip, -- 1905-1978 | Asian Americans in motion pictures | Asians in motion pictures | Motion pictures -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hollywood Asian : Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-ethnic PerformanceDDC classification: 791.4365 LOC classification: PN1995Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Asian -- PART I: ASIAN AMERICAN ACTS:PERFORMANCE AND SPECTATORSHIP -- 1 Portrait of a Patriot's Son: Philip Ahn and Korean Diasporic Identities in Hollywood -- 2 The Audience Who Knew Too Much: Oriental Masquerade and Ethnic Recognition among Asian Americans -- PART II: ORIENTAL GENRES, 1930s TO 1950s -- 3 Between Yellowphilia and Yellowphobia: Asian American Romance in Oriental Detective Films -- 4 State Intervention in the Imagining of Orientals in China Films of the 1930s and 1940s -- 5 Hollywood Goes to Korea: War, Melodrama, and the Biopic Politics of Battle Hymn -- Conclusion: Becoming "Father," Becoming Asian American -- Notes -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: From silent films to television programs, Hollywood has employed actors of various ethnicities to represent "Oriental"characters, from Caucasian stars like Loretta Young made up in yellow-face to Korean American pioneer Philip Ahn, whose more than 200 screen performances included roles as sadistic Japanese military officers in World War II movies and a wronged Chinese merchant in the TV show Bonanza. The first book-length study of Korean identities in American cinema and television, Hollywood Asian investigates the career of Ahn (1905-1978), a pioneering Asian American screen icon and son of celebrated Korean nationalist An Ch'ang-ho. In this groundbreaking scholarly study, Hye Seung Chung examines Ahn's career to suggest new theoretical paradigms for addressing cross-ethnic performance and Asian American spectatorship. Incorporating original material from a wide range of sources, including U.S. government and Hollywood screen archives, Chung's work offers a provocative and original contribution to cinema studies, cultural studies, and Asian American as well as Korean history.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Asian -- PART I: ASIAN AMERICAN ACTS:PERFORMANCE AND SPECTATORSHIP -- 1 Portrait of a Patriot's Son: Philip Ahn and Korean Diasporic Identities in Hollywood -- 2 The Audience Who Knew Too Much: Oriental Masquerade and Ethnic Recognition among Asian Americans -- PART II: ORIENTAL GENRES, 1930s TO 1950s -- 3 Between Yellowphilia and Yellowphobia: Asian American Romance in Oriental Detective Films -- 4 State Intervention in the Imagining of Orientals in China Films of the 1930s and 1940s -- 5 Hollywood Goes to Korea: War, Melodrama, and the Biopic Politics of Battle Hymn -- Conclusion: Becoming "Father," Becoming Asian American -- Notes -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.

From silent films to television programs, Hollywood has employed actors of various ethnicities to represent "Oriental"characters, from Caucasian stars like Loretta Young made up in yellow-face to Korean American pioneer Philip Ahn, whose more than 200 screen performances included roles as sadistic Japanese military officers in World War II movies and a wronged Chinese merchant in the TV show Bonanza. The first book-length study of Korean identities in American cinema and television, Hollywood Asian investigates the career of Ahn (1905-1978), a pioneering Asian American screen icon and son of celebrated Korean nationalist An Ch'ang-ho. In this groundbreaking scholarly study, Hye Seung Chung examines Ahn's career to suggest new theoretical paradigms for addressing cross-ethnic performance and Asian American spectatorship. Incorporating original material from a wide range of sources, including U.S. government and Hollywood screen archives, Chung's work offers a provocative and original contribution to cinema studies, cultural studies, and Asian American as well as Korean history.

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