{"product_id":"beyond-the-chinese-connection-crystal-s-anderson-9781496802538","title":"Beyond the Chinese Connection: Contemporary Afro-Asian Cultural Production","description":"In \u003ci\u003eBeyond \"The Chinese Connection,\" \u003c\/i\u003eCrystal S. Anderson explores the cultural and political exchanges between African Americans, Asian Americans, and Asians over the last four decades. To do so, Anderson examines such cultural productions as novels (Frank Chin's \u003ci\u003eGunga Din Highway \u003c\/i\u003e[1999], Ishmael Reed's \u003ci\u003eJapanese by Spring \u003c\/i\u003e[1992], and Paul Beatty's \u003ci\u003eThe White Boy Shuffle \u003c\/i\u003e[1996]); films (\u003ci\u003eRush Hour 2 \u003c\/i\u003e[2001], \u003ci\u003eUnleashed \u003c\/i\u003e[2005], and \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy [1999-2003]); and Japanese animation (\u003ci\u003eSamurai Champloo \u003c\/i\u003e[2004]), all of which feature cross-cultural conversations. In exploring the ways in which writers and artists use this transferal, Anderson traces and tests the limits of how Afro-Asian cultural production interrogates conceptions of race, ethnic identity, politics, and transnational exchange. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, this book reads contemporary black\/Asian cultural fusions through the recurrent themes established by the films of Bruce Lee, which were among the first--and certainly most popular--works to use this exchange explicitly. As a result of such films as \u003ci\u003eEnter the Dragon \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese Connection \u003c\/i\u003e(1972), and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Boss \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), Lee emerges as both a cross-cultural hero and global cultural icon who resonates with the experiences of African American, Asian American and Asian youth in the 1970s. Lee's films and iconic imagery prefigure themes that reflect cross-cultural negotiations with global culture in post-1990 Afro-Asian cultural production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Crystal S. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496802535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496802538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Crystal S. Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896750170367,"sku":"9781496802538","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f191d8e-aff3-44ff-9794-eb637d678d88.jpg?v=1721372234","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-chinese-connection-crystal-s-anderson-9781496802538","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}