East-Asian Representation Project – Pim Wangtechawat

Part 5: Emergence of East Asian Identity In Television

Asian-American characters in TV shows from 1970 – 2013.

Part 4: The Dragon Lady, The Warrior Woman and Asian Femininity

The representation of Asian femininity in Hollywood films and TV shows from 1970 – 2013.

Part 3: “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and Cultural Purity

The phenomenon that is “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and the ideas of cultural purity it raises.

Part 2: The Male Asian Identity in the Post-Bruce Lee Era

Jackie Chan, Long Duk Dong, and Mr. Miyagi after Bruce Lee has stormed Hollywood.

Part 1: Bruce Lee – Asian Masculinity & Anti-Colonial Hero

The complex identity of Bruce Lee in Asian and Hollywood cinema.

East Asian Representation in Mainstream American Cinema & Television from 1970 – 2013: INTRODUCTION

In 1972, Bruce Lee burst onto the western mainstream cinema landscape with The Way of The Dragon. So…what happened next?