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  (Im)Possible Asias

  March 14, 2016 to March 18, 2016
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  (Im)Possible Asias: Introduction

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  Anirban Baishya University of Southern California

  March 14, 2016

  (Im)Possible Asias: Introduction identity cinema (Im)Possible Asias Curator's Note Where is ... that we speak of “(Im)Possible Asias,” where the limits on these multiple imaginations always linger on ... valuable inputs on this post (Im)Possible Asias from Darshana Sreedhar Mini ...
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  Re: Yellow Fever: Born Digital on Battlestar Galactica

  Avi, I think you may be on

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  Ellen Rigsby Saint Mary’s College of California

  Tuesday, July 10, 2007 — 12:45 pm

  might want to read scene as more meta-commentary on the range of possible subject positions for Asian ... works to comment on the liminal space Asian Americans occupy. I haven't thought about this enough, ...
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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 05, 2007

  17 comments

  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV youth culture transnational South Asian promo MTV India ... not South Asians but of South Asia. People of South Asian origin in the United States commonly refer ... one's identity as South Asian but also as being "outside South Asia". As the young man reminds ...
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  Re: Reading Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Otherwise: A Reparative Reading on the Art of Enacting Middle

  Racing in the Middle

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  Karin Sellberg and Michael O'Rourke The University of Queensland; Independent Colleges Dublin

  Thursday, February 3, 2011 — 6:59 am

  your own comment on myself and Karin's post you surfaced the possible connection between the ... biogram's interstitiality and Sofia's asianness: "Also, with hegemonic visual culture in mind, do ... subject position of the ‘Asian woman’ in the West (i.e., the  US)?  Does her character open to ‘middle’? ...
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  From Lovebot to War Bride: Race, Family and Citizenship in Battlestar Galactica

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  LeiLani Nishime Sonoma State University

  May 02, 2008

  4 comments

  Asian-American representation Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica Curator's Note In the series, Battlestar ... increasingly vocal civil rights movement. This new image transformed Asians in the public imagination from male ... seen as racialized anger (“You hate me for what I am. You hate me for where I’m from.”) What, too, are ...
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  The Mouth Wants What It Wants

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  Dana Heller Old Dominion University

  June 22, 2007

  1 comment

  American diet-- suggests that it might be possible to reclaim a liberated, hyper-masculine subjectivity ... in a revolt against the castrating implications of suburban mini vans, Asian salads (the new quiche), ... his underwear, and tosses them into a burning trash canister). Taken collectively, I’m interested in ...
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  Can’t Crossing the Bridge

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  Şebnem Baran University of Southern California

  March 15, 2016

  easily passed reveal how bridges can separate as much as they connect.    In Media Res: (Im)Possible ... to be a European isn’t a European. Actually we’re Asian.” With hopes about European Union membership ...
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  “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail

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  Shalini Shankar Northwestern University

  April 30, 2008

  6 comments

  “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail Youtube viral video United ... States race President politics masculinity elections CamPain 2008 Bollywood Asian American Curator's ... compliment and disparage. Some question Obama’s authenticity: “But he is not asian! he has no asian blood in ...
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  Rethinking the Hyphenated Identity in U.S Politics: The Case of Jungle Asians VS Fancy Asians

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  Harifa Siregar Georgia State University

  March 02, 2020

  Rethinking the Hyphenated Identity in U.S Politics: The Case of Jungle Asians VS Fancy Asians ... citizenship Asian-American stereotyping Curator's Note We are facing with the common knowledge on how the ... own group. One intriguing case is the term of Jungle Asians versus Fancy Asians that have been ...

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