ASAMST 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anna May Wong, Berkeley, California, Heteronormativity
23 Jul 2018
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Orientalism and popular culture and interethnic tensions and alliances. Fu manchu: character created by british author sax rhomer in the 1910s in short stories, novels, and movies; head of a secret society that carries out sinister plots of the chinese government. Dragon lady (asian american women: fu manchu"s daughter, seductive villainess, referring to a beautiful lady that is evil and dangerous (sinister quality, ex) anna may wong. China doll, quiet, subservient: submissive asian women. Predominant attention on men as the universal subject. Marginalization of women in history: gender as a social construction. Not rooted in biology: both men and women are gendered subjects. Subject to social norms of masculine and feminine behavior. Ex) you run like a girl, be a man. Orientalism and popular culture (continued) and interethnic tensions and alliances. Sexuality not solely as sexual identity or preference: refers to sexualized norms of behavior (for example, heteronormative behaviors such as marriage, children, a single detached home)
