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Criminalization/Assimilation : Chinese/Americans and Chinatowns in Classical Hollywood Film by Philippa Gates (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRutgers University Press
ISBN-10081358941X
ISBN-139780813589411
eBay Product ID (ePID)28038803545
Product Key Features
Number of Pages280 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCriminalization/Assimilation : Chinese/Americans and Chinatowns in Classical Hollywood Film
Publication Year2019
SubjectFilm / General, Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Social Psychology, Film / History & Criticism, Sociology / Urban
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science, Psychology
AuthorPhilippa Gates
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2018-025645
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsA most informative analysis.... The main strength of Criminalization/Assimilation may be its detailed outline of the various shifts in representations that occurred over a fifty-year period, that certainly complexifies a strictly axiological appreciation of Chinatown films as either racist or non-racist., Meticulously researched and laudably comprehensive, Criminalization/Assimilation explores Chinatown's place in the lexicon of early Hollywood films. This is a unique and important contribution to film studies and Asian American studies--a highly satisfying read!, Philippa Gates takes us on an engrossing journey through the Chinatown streets of Hollywood's imagination in her comprehensive study of the ambivalent depiction of Chinese people and places on American screens. Her superlative book provides essential reading for scholars, students, and concerned readers who need to understand this history fully to critique the images and ideas that continue to shape today's cultural landscape.
Grade FromCollege Freshman
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.43/62951073
Table Of ContentContents Part I: Hollywood's Chinese America 1 Introduction 2 Yellow Peril, Protest, and an Orientalist Gaze: Hollywood's Constructions of Chinese/Americans Part II: Chinatown Crime 3 Imperilled Imperialism: Tong Wars, Slave Girls, and Opium Dens 4 The Whitening of Chinatown: Action Cops and Upstanding Criminals Part III: Chinatown Melodrama 5 The Perils of Proximity: White Downfall in the Chinatown Melodrama 6 Tainted Blood: White Fears of Yellow Miscegenation Part IV: Chinese American Assimilation 7 Assimilation and Tourism: Chinese American Citizens and Chinatown Rebranded 8 Assimilating Heroism: The Chinese American as American Action Hero 9 Epilogue Filmography Acknowledgments Notes Index
SynopsisCriminalization/Assimilation traces how Classical Hollywood films constructed America's image of Chinese Americans from their criminalization as unwanted immigrants to their eventual acceptance when assimilated citizens, exploiting both America's yellow peril fears about Chinese immigration and its fascination with Chinatowns., Criminalization/Assimilation traces how Classical Hollywood films constructed America?s image of Chinese Americans from their criminalization as unwanted immigrants to their eventual acceptance when assimilated citizens, exploiting both America?s yellow peril fears about Chinese immigration and its fascination with Chinatowns. Philippa Gates examines Hollywood?s responses to social issues in Chinatown communities, primarily immigration, racism, drug trafficking, and prostitution, as well as the impact of industry factors including the Production Code and star system on the treatment of those subjects. Looking at over 200 films, Gates reveals the variety of racial representations within American film in the first half of the twentieth century and brings to light not only lost and forgotten films but also the contributions of Asian American actors whose presence onscreen offered important alternatives to Hollywood?s yellowface fabrications of Chinese identity and a resistance to Hollywood?s Orientalist narratives., Criminalization/Assimilation traces how Classical Hollywood films constructed America's image of Chinese Americans from their criminalization as unwanted immigrants to their eventual acceptance when assimilated citizens, exploiting both America's yellow peril fears about Chinese immigration and its fascination with Chinatowns. Philippa Gates examines Hollywood's responses to social issues in Chinatown communities, primarily immigration, racism, drug trafficking, and prostitution, as well as the impact of industry factors including the Production Code and star system on the treatment of those subjects. Looking at over 200 films, Gates reveals the variety of racial representations within American film in the first half of the twentieth century and brings to light not only lost and forgotten films but also the contributions of Asian American actors whose presence onscreen offered important alternatives to Hollywood's yellowface fabrications of Chinese identity and a resistance to Hollywood's Orientalist narratives.
LC Classification NumberPN1995
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