>Call for papers: "Visibility and the Politics of Representation" panel at
>the Society for Cinema Studies annual conference, May 23-26, 2002 in
>Denver, Colorado. Sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Caucus. See
><http://www.cinemastudies.org>http://www.cinemastudies.org for conference
>information.
>
>Asian faces have been appearing on U.S. screens both big and small in
>record numbers in recent years. Actors Jackie Chan and Lucy Liu are
>household names, while the animated television shows 'The Simpsons' and
>'King of the Hill' regularly feature Asian/Asian American characters. And
>of course, there was the critical and popular success of Ang Lee's
>'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' in the past year. But what does this
>increased visibility mean? What effects have the recent successes of a
>number of Asian and Asian American actors and directors had upon
>the popular perception of Asians? Are we seeing Asians and Asian Americans
>differently, or simply seeing more of them? We invite papers that address
>any aspect of the contemporary presence of Asians in the U.S. cultural
>imaginary. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, theoretical
>perspectives on the politics of representation, historical comparisons of
>the contemporary period with other moments of interest in Asia, case
>studies of the career of a single actor or director, textual analyses of
>films or television shows, questions of cultural appropriation, and the
>popularity of Asian themes or motifs in media such as music or fashion.
>
>Please send a 250-word abstract by September 21, 2001 to Jane Park at
>janepark@mail.utexas.edu and Jeanette Roan at jroan@mason.gmu.edu.
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