Straitjacket Sexualities – Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies

Straitjacket SexualitiesUnbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies\nAuthor(s): Celine Shimizu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804773003, 978-0804773003\nSynopsis\nDepictions of Asian American men as effeminate or asexual pervade popular movies. Hollywood has made clear that Asian American men lack the qualities inherent to the heroic heterosexual male. This restricting, circumscribed vision of masculinitya straitjacketing, according to author Celine Parreas Shimizuaggravates Asian American male sexual problems both on and off screen. \n\n Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies looks to cinematic history to reveal the dynamic ways Asian American men, from Bruce Lee to Long Duk Dong, create and claim a variety of masculinities. Representations of love, romance, desire, and lovemaking show how Asian American men fashion manhoods that negotiate the dynamics of .