Shilpa Davé
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Comic book stores
This is a great post and clip! I think if you go into comic book stores now you would see some new heroines and especially new women of color such as Moon Girl and Ms. Marvel. In the X-men comics, Jubilee or Jubilation Lee was Chinese American and she fir ... -
Changing the backstory
This is a great post Kristen. I'm not as familar with all the backstories in the show but the history of Louisiana is known as site of multi-racial relations. French, Spanish, multiple tribal nations, Filipino/as, and Chinese were around the area ... -
Contrasting Asian voices
Jane, Great post! In the clip we do see an alternative to Ricky Wong and that is Prof. Lee who does not speak with a "foreign" accent. So we do see competing definitions of "Asian-ness" and it seems to separate out "Asian-ness& ... -
Authenticity and the Critics
Thanks for your comments Richard! Most of the critics have focused on either the implementation of accents ("they don't sound right") or how it's difficult for the show to be funny to an American audience because it is about outsourcin ... -
Mediated historical references
This is a wonderful compilation Richard. The clip really does show how "Roots" or at least Kunte Kinte has become part of pop culture vernacular. The scene from The Wire is both a racial and verbal wordplay that reminds me of references that w ... -
References
Hi Richard, See the books: ORIENTALS: Asian Americans in Popular Culture (1999) and EAST MAIN STREET: Asian Americans in Popular Culture (2005). There are also others that look at film, performance, and tv that are referenced in these books. ...