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Project Update Week 9
Matthew Hipple 5/31/2019 Asian American Pop Culture Studies Final Paper Baseball has always been in the fabric of pop culture since its inception. There have movies made about baseball, songs are written about baseball, baseball has been mentioned in numerous … Continue reading
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Talking Points: House of Skin
House of Skin “In one of the periods of their marriage when Uncle Hiro was gone, Aunt Rachel kept a shark in her swimming pool.” (Page 1) Why would she keep a shark in her swimming pool? And where did … Continue reading
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My Name is Khan
Rizwan Khan meets Mandira at the hairdresser where he is selling beauty products. Mandira is divorced with a son named Sameer. Rizwan Khan marries Mandira. Sameer is killed. Mandria blames Khan for Sammers death and tells him to leave. Khan has … Continue reading
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Disorientation & Reorientation Week Six
https://nypost.com/2019/05/26/nypd-actively-working-to-recruit-asian-american-women-into-force/ The New York Police Department are working on recruiting more Asian women into the police force. In their most recent academy class, Asian women only made up 3 percent of the graduating class. Unlike in America, a police officer … Continue reading
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Project Update Week 8
Matthew Hipple 5/23/2019 Asian American Pop Culture Studies Final Paper Baseball has always been in the fabric of pop culture since its inception. There have movies made about baseball, songs are written about baseball, baseball has been mentioned in numerous … Continue reading
Talking Points: Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth “He was gone for two, three, sometimes four weeks at a time. When he was away, Ruma did not hear from him.” (Page 3) I wonder why he never even called to check in or let his … Continue reading
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The Beautiful Country
Binh sleeps in a boat on the water. Binh leaves to find his mother. Binh gets a job as a houseboy. Binh breaks a Buddha statue and leaves to go find his father. Binh gets put in a refugee camp … Continue reading
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Disorientation & Reorientation Week Five
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-a-year-after-launch-asian-american-studies-director-looks-back-on-challenges-plans-for-growth This article looks at how the Asian American studies program is doing at Duke University, which is a promising step in the right direction. Duke University is one of the largest universities in the country and if they have … Continue reading
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Gook
Film is in black and white Film is set during L.A riots Rodney King beating is shown Eli gets beaten up Eli and Daniel run shoe store Eli get car tagged with graffiti Daniel gets jumped Kamilla’s mother and Eli’s … Continue reading
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Project Update Week 7
Matthew Hipple 5/16/2019 Asian American Pop Culture Studies Final Paper Baseball has always been in the fabric of pop culture since its inception. There have movies made about baseball, songs written about baseball, baseball has been mentioned in numerous television … Continue reading
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