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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