Research Catalog
Asians on demand : mediating race in video art and activism
- Title
- Asians on demand : mediating race in video art and activism / Feng-Mei Heberer.
- Author
- Heberer, Feng-Mei
- Publication
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | P94.5.A76 H43 2023 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 186 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Surveying a contemporary, cutting-edge archive of video works from the Asian diaspora, Asians on Demand uncovers the ways that diasporic artists challenge the narrow--and damaging--conceptions of Asian identity pervading mainstream media. Rather than accepting the notion that inclusion requires an uncomplicated set of appearances, the works explored in this volume spotlight a staunch resistance to formulating racial identity as an instantly accessible consumer product"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Asians on demand and the refusal to represent -- Improper Asiatische Deutsche: the video art of Ming Wong and Hito Steyerl -- Mental health and live fictions: Kristina Wong and Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Stateless cinema and the undocument: Miko Revereza, Distancing, and No Data Plan -- Migrant erotics: TIWA's Lesbian Factory and Rainbow Popcorn -- Me llamo Peng: self-care with a camcorder.
- ISBN
- 9781517914813
- 1517914817
- 9781517914806
- 1517914809
- 9781452969541 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023024440
- OCLC
- on1374821561
- 1374821561
- SCSB-14676381
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library