{"product_id":"ghostlife-of-third-cinema-glen-m-mimura-9780816648313","title":"Ghostlife of Third Cinema: Asian American Film and Video","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e An interpretive history of Asian American independent media since the 1960s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Asian American filmmakers and video artists have created a substantial, diverse, and challenging body of work that reimagines the cultural and political representation of Asian Americans. Yet much of this work remains unknown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Glen M. Mimura, Asian American cinema is the spectral, ghostly return of the international film movement known as Third Cinema. Tracing contemporary Asian American cinema as a continuation of Third Cinema's radical enterprise of making marginalized subjects visible in the First World, \u003ci\u003eGhostlife of Third Cinema \u003c\/i\u003eexamines such potent issues as diasporic identity, historical memory, and queer sexuality through sophisticated readings of a wide range of film and video projects, including Trinh T. Minh-ha's experimental documentary \u003ci\u003eSurname Viet Given Name Nam\u003c\/i\u003e; avant-garde works by Japanese American filmmakers Rea Tajiri, Lise Yasui, and Janice Tanaka; and queer videos exploring the intersection of race, nation, and sexuality by Pablo Bautista, Ming-Yuen Ma, and Nguyen Tan Hoang. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGhostlife of Third Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, Mimura confronts the ongoing erasure of Asian American independent media and\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eilluminates its cultural and political significance today.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glen M. Mimura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081664831X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816648313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 255","brand":"Glen M. Mimura","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265006035199,"sku":"9780816648313","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5098c9ab-6788-49ae-a09a-ca9388c07600.jpg?v=1713419879","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghostlife-of-third-cinema-glen-m-mimura-9780816648313","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}