Whitewashing the movies : Asian erasure and White subjectivity in U.S. film culture / David C. Oh.

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"Whitewashing the Movies addresses the popular practice of excluding Asian actors from playing Asian characters in film. Media activists and critics have denounced contemporary decisions to cast White actors to play Asians and Asian Americans in movies such as Ghost in the Shell and Aloha. The purpo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oh, David C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Asian Americans in motion pictures.
White people in motion pictures.
Ethnicity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 21st century.
Motion pictures.
United States.
1900-2099
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:vii, 198 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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