Hollywood Asian
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Hollywood Asian

Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance

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Hollywood Asian

Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance

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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.

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Publisher
Temple University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9781592135172
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Asian
  4. PART I: ASIAN AMERICAN ACTS:PERFORMANCE AND SPECTATORSHIP
  5. PART II: ORIENTAL GENRES, 1930s TO 1950s
  6. Conclusion: Becoming “Father,” Becoming Asian American
  7. Notes
  8. Filmography
  9. Bibliography
  10. Index