Straitjacket Sexualities
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Straitjacket Sexualities

Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Straitjacket Sexualities

Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies

About this book

Depictions of Asian American men as effeminate or asexual pervade popular movies. Hollywood has made clear that Asian American men lack the qualities inherent to the heroic heterosexual male. This restricting, circumscribed vision of masculinityā€”a straitjacketing, according to author Celine ParreƱas Shimizuā€”aggravates Asian American male sexual problems both on and off screen.

Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies looks to cinematic history to reveal the dynamic ways Asian American men, from Bruce Lee to Long Duk Dong, create and claim a variety of masculinities. Representations of love, romance, desire, and lovemaking show how Asian American men fashion manhoods that negotiate the dynamics of self and other, expanding our ideas of sexuality. The unique ways in which Asian American men express intimacy is powerfully represented onscreen, offering distinct portraits of individuals struggling with group identities. Rejecting "macho" men, these movies stake Asian American manhood on the notion of caring for, rather than dominating, others.

Straitjacket Sexualities identifies a number of moments in the movies wherein masculinity is figured anew. By looking at intimate relations on screen, power as sexual prowess and brute masculinity is redefined, giving primacy to the diverse ways Asian American men experience complex, ambiguous, and ambivalent genders and sexualities.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Ethics and Responsibility: The Sexual Problems of Asian American Men in the Movies
  8. 1. With Vulnerable Strength: Re-Signifying the Sexual Manhood of Bruce Lee
  9. 2. On the Grounds of Shame, New Relations: Asian American Manhoods in Hollywood
  10. 3. The Marvelous Plenty of Asian American Men: Independent Film as a Technology of Ethics
  11. 4. Assembling Asian American Men in Pornography: Shattering the Self toward Ethical Manhoods
  12. 5. Unbinding Straitjacket Sexualities: The Calm Manhoods of Asian American Male Hollywood Stars
  13. Epilogue: Claiming the Power of Lack in the Face of Macho: Asian American Manhoods in the Movies
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography and Suggested Readings
  16. Index