Monthly Archives: October 2017
seminar notes on Donald Duk
romanization + different ethnicities (donald’s state of mind as a factor) -> Kwan Kung/Guan Yu “i’m not like them” -> donald’s anti-Chinese/anti-Blackness generational difference + language (or lack thereof) coming of age (determined by culture) -> self-hatred + desire to fit … Continue reading
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Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) film notes
the neighborhood in the beginning of the movie looks a lot like the Salishan neighborhood in tacoma (predominantly asian immigrant + low income neighborhood) suburban feeling – there’s nothing to do so thrill seeking begins virgil saying the n word -asian folks’ … Continue reading
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brainstorming for final project
what is popular culture? cultures as multiraciality but not a melting pot -> deliberate mixing of cultures to create what we know today as asian american culture influence and power is key media standing in an (unspoken) hierarchy choosing final … Continue reading
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notes on History and Memory (for Akiko and Takashige) (1991)
cw: mentions of drug use, abuse, trauma + domestic violence narrator contemplates her sister’s photos and memorabilia of white people bombing of pearl harbor -> film recreations of historical events; rewriting narratives “she bought the house in my name” is … Continue reading
N O S T A L G I A: childhood memories of asian pop culture on screen
it’s interesting to think that for most of my early life, i didn’t consider myself to be asian american. as i look back on the asian american media that i’ve consumed, i spent a long time watching shows like pokemon, … Continue reading
“field trip” to tacoma: on visiting home
this tuesday, our program visited tacoma’s downtown to go check out the exhibits that were up in the washington state history museum, the tacoma art museum (TAM) and visit the chinese reconciliation park that sits along the waterfront in between downtown … Continue reading
seminar notes on “Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction”
competitions/economics mistreating asian immigrants mirrors immigrant issues today -> latinx and middle eastern (mainly muslim) immigration ->xenophobia + the dangers of profiling scapegoating of vulnerable marginalized groups what is an asian-american? (hard to draw a clear line bc of how many asian ethnic … Continue reading
personal: thinking about “home”
a thought i scribbled in my notebook this week: “i’ve always lived in homes that never quite feel like ‘home” we’ve mentioned home a lot this week with the project proposal date approaching us and it’s been making me think … Continue reading
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rambling on Ghost in the Shell (2017), anime and eurocentrism
i read an article around the time of scarlett johansson’s casting as the main lead of the US’s rendition of Ghost in the Shell that i found really insightful for both the decision of the director to cast johansson as the lead, as … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, beauty standards, eurocentrism, films, japan, movies, whitewashing
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