FEMST 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: White Privilege, Trans Woman, Voyeurism
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Interracial romance (kumiko nemoto): interracial relationships in media reinforce white male heroism . White men seen as liberal & progressive certifies goodness, kindness & superiority: hyper-feminine asian women/effeminate asian men. Maintain conventional order of race % gender; normalcy of whiteness to ensure dominance of white u. s. manhood: racizlied & sexualzied meanings expressed in asian amerian-white couples. Asian american women + white men= high rate of intermarriage. White women + asian men= less socially acceptable. Asian women stereotypes long historical legacy/u. s. military bases submissive, subservient, passive, exotic, hyprsexual, discipline, respectable womanhood. Increasingly vocal & recognized group in society: depictions in media become more sophisticated & nuanced (ex: eddy izzard comedian) Cross-dressing is a choice of self-expression and unrelated to gender or sexual identity: transgender in media: changed drastically over past decade; increasing frequency/visibility (ex: hbo film- normal, transamerica, transparent, i am jazz, Deceptive: hides their identity until the big reveal moment,often violent.
