The Routledge Companion to Asian American Media (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions)

The Routledge Companion to Asian American Media offers readers a comprehensive examination of the way that Asian Americans have engaged with media, from the long history of Asian American actors and stories that have been featured in mainstream film and television, to the birth and development of a distinctly Asian American cinema, to the ever-shifting frontiers of Asian American digital media. Contributor essays focus on new approaches to the study of Asian American media including explorations of transnational and diasporic media, studies of intersectional identities encompassed by queer or mixed race Asian Americans, and examinations of new media practices that challenge notions of representation, participation, and community. Expertly organized to represent work across disciplines, this companion is an essential reference for the study of Asian American media and cultural studies. Introduction : Why Asian American Media Matters / Lori Kido Lopez And Vincent N. Pham -- Part I. Theorizing Representation : Visions And Voices Of Asian America. Claiming A Voice : Speech, Voice, And Subjectivity In Early Asian American Independent Media / Ming-yuen S. Ma -- Diasporic Soundscapes Of Belonging : Mediating Chineseness With Shanghai Restoration Project / Grace Wang -- Collectivity And Loneliness In Laurel Nakadate's Postracial Identity Aesthetics / Jun Okada -- Asian American Media Public Vernaculars : Debating The State Of Asian American Media / Vincent N. Pham -- Part Ii. Asian American Media Production : Perspectives From Scholar-practitioners. The Coin Of The Realm : Valuing The Asian American Feature-length Film / Brian Hu -- Using The Tools Of The Youtube Generation : How To Serve Communities Through Asian American Film Festivals / Vanessa Au -- Overcoming Barriers To Representation : Lessons From Asian American Women Directors / Elaine H. Kim --^ Perpetual Foreigners In America : Transnationalism And Transformations Of Asian American Cultural Identities In Three Documentary Films / Valerie Soe -- Part Iii. Hybrid Asian Americans : Media At The Margins. Queer Experimental Asian American Film / Eve Oishi -- Rewriting History : Adoptee Documentaries As A Site Of Truth-telling / Kimberly D. Mckee -- Stunning : Digital Portraits Of Mixed Race Families From Slate To Tumblr / Leilani Nishime -- Black/asian Hybridities : Multiracial Asian/americans On The Voice / Myra Washington -- Part Iv. Asian American New Media : Digital Artifacts, Networks And Lives -- Asian America Gone Viral : A Genealogy Of Asian American Youtubers And Memes / Lori Kido Lopez -- Asian America On Demand : Asian Americans, Media Networks, And A Matrix Stage / L.s. Kim -- Reflections On #solidarity : Intersectional Movements In Aapi Communities / Rachel Kuo -- Ordering A New World Biopower In World Of Warcraft : Mists Of Pandaria / Takeo Rivera --^ Part V. Expanding The Borders Of Asian America : Diaspora And Transnationalism. Vietnamese Diasporic Films And The Construction Of Dysfunctional Transnational Families : The Rebel And Owl And The Sparrow / Tony Tran -- Constructing Korean America : Koream Journal And The Construction Of Second-generation Korean American Diasporic Identifications / David C. Oh -- South Asians And The Call Center Narrative : Accents And Cross Cultural Communication In Tv's Outsourced / Shilpa Davé -- Transnational Ties : Elite Filipino Migrants And Polymedia Environments / Cecilia S. Uy-tioco. Edited By Lori Kido Lopez And Vincent N. Pham. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Asian American Media Matters -- Postracial Media Environments, Industries, and the Relocation of Asian America -- Outline of Chapters -- Part I Theorizing Representation: Visions and Voices of Asian America -- Chapter 2 Claiming a Voice: Speech, Self-Expression, and Subjectivity in Early Asian American independent Media -- Voice, Subjectivity, and Asian American Identity -- Voice and "Voice" in Early Asian American Independent Films -- Syncretism, Asynchronicity, Voiceovers -- Hearing the Negative Voice: Absence and Materiality -- Chapter 3 Diasporic Soundscapes of Belonging: Mediating Chineseness with Shanghai Restoration Project -- Creating Shanghai Restoration Project -- Unfixing Categories -- Repackaging Chineseness -- Rethinking Asian American Music -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Collectivity and Loneliness in Laurel Nakadate's Postracial Identity Aesthetics -- The Rise of EthnoCommunications and Asian American Collectivity -- Racializing Laurel Nakadate through Identity Aesthetics -- Relationality and Scopophilia -- Loneliness as a Counter to Collectivity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Asian American Media Public Vernaculars: Debating the State of Asian American Media -- Private Discussions to the Public Forum -- Asian American Media as Storytelling: Making the Private Public -- A Present/Future Paradigm Shift -- (A)politicizing Asian American Stories and Storytelling -- What Kind of Storytellers Are We? -- Part II Asian American Media Production: Perspectives from Scholar-Practitioners -- Chapter 6 The Coin of the Realm: Valuing the Asian American Feature-Length Film -- Feature Films in Alternative Contexts -- The "Class of 1997" and Reprogramming Festivals This Companion offers readers a comprehensive examination of the way that Asian Americans have engaged with media, from the long history of Asian American actors and stories that have been featured in mainstream film and television, to the birth and development of a distinctly Asian American cinema, to the ever-shifting frontiers of Asian American digital media. Contributor essays focus on new approaches to the study of Asian American media including explorations of transnational and diasporic media, studies of intersectional identities encompassed by queer or mixed race Asian Americans, and examinations of new media practices that challenge notions of representation, participation, and community. Expertly organized to represent work across disciplines, this companion is an essential reference for the study of Asian American media and cultural studies Pt. 1. Theorizing representation : visions and voices of Asian America -- part 2. Asian American media production : perspectives from scholar-practitioners -- part 3. Hybrid Asian Americans : media at the margins -- part 4. Asian American new media : digital artifacts, networks, and lives -- part 5. Expanding borders of Asian America : diaspora and transnationalism