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OverviewCriminalization/Assimilation traces how Classical Hollywood films constructed America's image of Chinese Americans from their criminalization as unwanted immigrants to their eventual acceptance when assimilated citizens, exploiting both America's yellow peril fears about Chinese immigration and its fascination with Chinatowns. Philippa Gates examines Hollywood's responses to social issues in Chinatown communities, primarily immigration, racism, drug trafficking, and prostitution, as well as the impact of industry factors including the Production Code and star system on the treatment of those subjects. Looking at over 200 films, Gates reveals the variety of racial representations within American film in the first half of the twentieth century and brings to light not only lost and forgotten films but also the contributions of Asian American actors whose presence onscreen offered important alternatives to Hollywood's yellowface fabrications of Chinese identity and a resistance to Hollywood's Orientalist narratives. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philippa GatesPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9780813589411ISBN 10: 081358941 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 08 March 2019 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Part I: Hollywood’s Chinese America 1 Introduction 2 Yellow Peril, Protest, and an Orientalist Gaze: Hollywood’s Constructions of Chinese/Americans Part II: Chinatown Crime 3 Imperilled Imperialism: Tong Wars, Slave Girls, and Opium Dens 4 The Whitening of Chinatown: Action Cops and Upstanding Criminals Part III: Chinatown Melodrama 5 The Perils of Proximity: White Downfall in the Chinatown Melodrama 6 Tainted Blood: White Fears of Yellow Miscegenation Part IV: Chinese American Assimilation 7 Assimilation and Tourism: Chinese American Citizens and Chinatown Rebranded 8 Assimilating Heroism: The Chinese American as American Action Hero 9 Epilogue Filmography Acknowledgments Notes IndexReviewsA most informative analysis.... The main strength of Criminalization/Assimilation may be its detailed outline of the various shifts in representations that occurred over a fifty-year period, that certainly complexifies a strictly axiological appreciation of Chinatown films as either racist or non-racist. --Karla Rae Fuller Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television Philippa Gates takes us on an engrossing journey through the Chinatown streets of Hollywood's imagination in her comprehensive study of the ambivalent depiction of Chinese people and places on American screens. Her superlative book provides essential reading for scholars, students, and concerned readers who need to understand this history fully to critique the images and ideas that continue to shape today's cultural landscape. --Gina Marchetti author of Citing China: Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema Meticulously researched and laudably comprehensive, Criminalization/Assimilation explores Chinatown's place in the lexicon of early Hollywood films. This is a unique and important contribution to film studies and Asian American studies--a highly satisfying read! --Karla Rae Fuller author of Hollywood Goes Oriental: CaucAsian Performance in American Film Philippa Gates takes us on an engrossing journey through the Chinatown streets of Hollywood's imagination in her comprehensive study of the ambivalent depiction of Chinese people and places on American screens. Her superlative book provides essential reading for scholars, students, and concerned readers who need to understand this history fully to critique the images and ideas that continue to shape today's cultural landscape. --Gina Marchetti author of Citing China: Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema Meticulously researched and laudably comprehensive, Criminalization/Assimilation explores Chinatown's place in the lexicon of early Hollywood films. This is a unique and important contribution to film studies and Asian American studies--a highly satisfying read! --Karla Rae Fuller author of Hollywood Goes Oriental: CaucAsian Performance in American Film Philippa Gates takes us on an engrossing journey through the Chinatown streets of Hollywood's imagination in her comprehensive study of the ambivalent depiction of Chinese people and places on American screens. Her superlative book provides essential reading for scholars, students, and concerned readers who need to understand this history fully to critique the images and ideas that continue to shape today's cultural landscape. --Gina Marchetti author of Citing China: Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema Meticulously researched and laudably comprehensive, Criminalization/Assimilation explores Chinatown's place in the lexicon of early Hollywood films. This is a unique and important contribution to film studies and Asian American studies--a highly satisfying read! --Karla Rae Fuller author of Hollywood Goes Oriental: CausAsian Performance in American Film Author InformationPHILIPPA GATES is a professor of film studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. She is the author of several books, including Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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