Report

Representations of Asian Americans in Popular Media
Select one contemporary popular media text (i.e., film, TV series/episode, music video, comic, or novel from 2000 to present) that features Asian American and/or Pacific Islander characters. Write a 4-5-page essay that analyzes its representations of them Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism ​and​ queer of color critique as a guiding framework.
Guiding Questions 

• ●  How does the popular media text represent Asian American and/or Pacific Islanders in terms of race, gender, sexuality, and class?
   
• ●  What historical tropes and popular stereotypes does the media text draw upon?
   
• ●  How do such representations support and/or disrupt Orientalist logics?
   
• ●  How might we use queer of color critique to analyze these representations?
  
•  ​Expectations: Y​ our paper should...  
• ●  have an organizing ​thesis ​and a logical structure in which you advance an argument about the
  popular media text you have selected
   
• ●  (briefly) define Orientalism ​and​ queer of color critique and demonstrate your understanding of it.
   
• ●  include a ​brief ​plot summary of the film, TV series/episode, music video, etc., that you’ve
  chosen.