ASAMST 20AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Miss Saigon, Stepin Fetchit, Michael Crichton
31 Oct 2016
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Portrayal of people"s lives through popular medium such as film, television, radio, and novels. Why they (the chinese) can live on 40 cents a day and why they (whites) can"t . The chinese must go by henry grimm (1879) To give an actor the same type of role because that actor fits the character. Only certain types would fit based upon person"s appearance. Effect: reallocation of resources (jobs, education, social status) In the post-ww2 era, rituals of psychosocial dominance were re-enacted daily through television. Tv programs articulated the relationship between race and power. Aa male roles relegated to domestic servants or sidekick detectives to white detectives. Aa female roles focussed on exoticism, attractiveness to white males. Book forward: japan"s economic success due to adversarial trade. Stereotype: morally inferior, ruthless, conduct corrupt predatory business practices, manipulate trade laws and lust after white men. Feared outcome: lead to resent and violence vs. aas. Protests: la, sf, nyc, chicago, and wash. dc.
