Picturing Oriental Girls: A (Re) Educational Videotape

The read

It runs a compact 10m.

Synopsis

Valerie Soe catalogues a visual compendium of orientalist and exoticizing representations of Asian women snatched from American film and television. Juxtaposed with text from mail-order bride catalogs, men's magazines, and popular literature, these clips from over 25 films and television programs explicate the orientalism and exoticism prevalent in mass media images of Asian women.

Ratings

Key crew

• Valerie SoeDirector