Feng-Mei Heberer

Asians on Demand

Mediating Race in Video Art and Activism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Surveying a contemporary, cutting-edge archive of video works from the Asian diaspora, Asians on Demand uncovers the ways that diasporic artists challenge the narrow--and damaging--conceptions of Asian identity pervading mainstream media. Rather than accepting the notion that inclusion requires an uncomplicated set of appearances, the works explored in this volume spotlight a staunch resistance to formulating racial identity as an instantly accessible consumer product"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781517914806
• ISBN-10: 1517914809
• Artikelnr.: 72607650

Autorenporträt

Feng-Mei Heberer is assistant professor of cinema studies at New York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: Asians on Demand and the Refusal to Represent
1. Improper Asiatische Deutsche: The Video Art of Ming Wong and Hito
Steyerl
2. Mental Health and Live Fictions: Kristina Wong and Wong Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest
3. Stateless Cinema and the Undocument: Miko Revereza, Distancing, and No
Data Plan
4. Migrant Erotics: TIWA’s Lesbian Factory and Rainbow Popcorn
5. Me llamo Peng: Self-Care with a Camcorder
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index