In this Book
- Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: Temple University Press
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- PART I: Asian American Acts: Performance and Spectatorship
- PART II: Oriental Genres, 1930s to 1950s
- Filmography
- pp. 213-214
- Bibliography
- pp. 215-223
- Index [Includes About the Author]
- pp. 225-233
Additional Information
ISBN
9781592135172
Related ISBN(s)
9781592135158, 9781592135165
MARC Record
OCLC
290552085
Pages
255
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2006