Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-4422-0924-4 • Hardback • June 2012 • $113.00 • (£87.00)
978-1-4422-0925-1 • Paperback • January 2015 • $44.00 • (£35.00)
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Rosalind S. Chou is assistant professor of sociology at Georgia State University. She is the coauthor of The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism with Joe R. Feagin.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Why Asian American Sexual Politics?
Chapter 2: The Making of Good Sons and Daughters
Chapter 3: External Forces of Socialization—Under Western Eyes
Chapter 4: Asian American Women: Self-Image, Self-Esteem, and Identity
Chapter 5: Asian American Masculinity
Chapter 6: Asian American Sexual Politics: Love and Relationships
Chapter 7: Now What? Resistance, Empowerment, and Counter-Frames
Bravo! In a highly original analysis Rosalind Chou demonstrates that the hypersexualization of Asian American women and men links closely to white racial framing and domination. Asian American men face racialized castration, women exoticized sexualization—in both cases sustaining dominant images of white male superiority and virility while doing much damage to the self-esteem and health of Asian Americans. Significantly too, Chou concludes with a savvy assessment of Asian Americans’ coping and countering strategies for racialized and sexualized oppression.
— Joe R. Feagin, Texas A&M University
While a vibrant theoretical literature exists on the intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality, little has been written about how individuals encounter and reflect on the connection between these forms of difference. Rosalind Chou’s provocative study fills this void. Drawing upon the lived experiences of her Asian American respondents, she demonstrates the persistence of white hegemonic notions of race, femininity, and masculinity, and the difficulty of developing ‘counter frames’ to oppressive discourses.
— Michael Omi, University of California, Berkeley
- Provides a nuanced examination of Asian American sexuality and masculinity
- Shows the persistence of racism and discrimination in the United States
- Draws on sixty in-depth interviews to show how the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality play out in real life
- Shows the persistence of racism and discrimination in the United States