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East Meets Black : Asian and Black Masculinities in the Post-Civil Rights Era.

Chon-Smith, Chong.

East Meets Black : Asian and Black Masculinities in the Post-Civil Rights Era. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Racial Magnetism in Post-Civil Rights America -- 1. The Asian American Writing Movement and Blackness: Race and Gender Politics in Asian American Anthologies -- 2. Yellow Bodies, Black Sweat: Yao Ming, Ichiro Suzuki, and Global Sport -- 3. "I'm Michael Jackson, You Tito": Kung-Fu Fighters and Hip-Hop Buddies in Martial Arts Buddy Films -- 4. Afro-Asian Rhythms and Rhymes: The Hip-Hop and Spoken Word Lyricists of I Was Born with Two Tongues and the Mountain Brothers -- Conclusion: Critical Reflections on Race, Class, Empire, and the "Pains of Modernity" -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

An interrogation of the harmful, binary stereotypes leveled against Black and Asian men.

9781626745292


African Americans -- Relations with Asian Americans.
Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
African American men in popular culture.
Asian American men in popular culture.
Masculinity -- Social aspects -- United States.
American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.


Electronic books.

E185.615 -- .C575 2015eb

305.80097309/04

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