{"product_id":"whitewashing-the-movies-david-c-oh-9781978808621","title":"Whitewashing the Movies: Asian Erasure and White Subjectivity in U.S. Film Culture","description":"\u003ci\u003eWhitewashing the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the popular practice of excluding Asian actors from playing Asian characters in film. Media activists and critics have denounced contemporary decisions to cast White actors to play Asians and Asian Americans in movies such as \u003ci\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAloha\u003c\/i\u003e. The purpose of this book is to apply the concept of \"whitewashing\" in stories that privilege White identities at the expense of Asian\/American stories and characters. To understand whitewashing across various contexts, the book analyzes films produced in Hollywood, Asian American independent production, and US-China co-productions. Through the analysis, the book examines the ways in which whitewashing matters in the project of Whiteness and White racial hegemony. The book contributes to contemporary understanding of mediated representations of race by theorizing whitewashing, contributing to studies of Whiteness in media studies, and producing a counter-imagination of Asian\/American representation in Asian-centered stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David C. Oh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978808623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978808621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\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 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"David C. Oh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993766035711,"sku":"9781978808621","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51ebff68-5278-4008-a687-f24b2a9d2d90.jpg?v=1683326186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whitewashing-the-movies-david-c-oh-9781978808621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}