{"product_id":"the-movies-of-racial-childhoods-screening-self-sovereignty-in-asian-america-paperback","title":"The Movies of Racial Childhoods: Screening Self-Sovereignty in Asian\/America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCeline Parres Shimizu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Movies of Racial Childhoods\u003c\/i\u003e Celine Parres Shimizu examines early twenty-first-century cinematic representations of Asian and Asian American children. Drawing on psychoanalysis and her own perspective as a mother grieving for a deceased child, Shimizu considers how cinema renders Asian American children through sexualized racial difference, infantilization, and premature adultification. She looks at how Asian American childhood is characterized in film through experiences of alienation and trauma and contends that childhood development requires finding freedom and self-sovereignty through agentic attunement. In analyzing films that focus on queer Asian American youth such as \u003ci\u003eSpa Night\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eDriveways\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and those that explore the trauma of being an immigrant like \u003ci\u003eYellow Rose\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eThe Half of It\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), Shimizu demonstrates that films can prompt viewers to evaluate their own childhood development. They also allow the opportunity to understand the demands placed upon Asian American children, particularly in regard to race and sexuality. In this way, cinema becomes a vehicle for empowering our inner child and the children all around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCeline Parres Shimizu is Dean of the Arts and Distinguished Professor of Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian\/American Women on Screen and Scene\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press. Her films include \u003ci\u003eThe Celine Archive\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e80 Years Later\u003c\/i\u003e (Women Make Movies).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777610481952,"sku":"9781478025658","price":45.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f9431dcd2b6f51e41943235ea3b34725.webp?v=1780500157","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-movies-of-racial-childhoods-screening-self-sovereignty-in-asian-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}