Straitjacket sexualities
Subtitle: unbinding Asian American manhoods in the movies
By: Celine Parreñas Shimizu
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780804773003; 9780804773010
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Sex in motion pictures; Motion pictures; Asian American men in motion pictures; Masculinity in motion pictures; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : ethics and responsibility : the sexual problems of Asian American men in the movies : Slanted screen (2006), Transgressions (2002), and Some questions for 28 kisses (1994); title: With vulnerable strength : re-signifying the sexual manhood of Bruce Lee : The big boss or Fist of fury (1972), Chinese connection (1973), Way of the dragon (1973), and Enter the dragon (1973); title: On the grounds of shame, new relations : Asian American manhoods in Hollywood : Eat a bowl of tea (1989), The wedding banquet (1993), and Sixteen candles (1984); title: The marvelous plenty of Asian American men : independent film as a technology of ethics : The debut (2003), Charlotte sometimes (2002), and Better luck tomorrow (2003); title: Assembling Asian American men in pornography : shattering the self towards ethical manhoods : Yellowcaust: a patriot act (2003), Masters of the pillow (2003), Dick Ho: Asian male porn star (2005), Asian pride porn (2003), Forever bottom! (1999) (2004), and the blog of Keni Styles (2010); title: Unbinding straitjacket sexualities : the calm manhoods of Asian American male Hollywood stars : Crimson kimono (1959), Map of the human heart (1993), Rapa nui (1993), and the Jungle book (1994); title: Epilogue : claiming the power of lack in the face of macho : Asian American manhoods in the movies : Gran torino.