You might be interested in the anthology „Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader“ by Ann Gray, Jim McGuigan (eds.), Edward Arnold ISBN: 0340676884 Some of the possibly relevant texts: Kobena Mercer: „Just looking for trouble – Robert Maplethorpe and fantasies of race“. Edward Said: „Orientalism“ (excerpt) Paul Gilroy, „Black and White on the Dancefloor“ Marie Gillespie: „Technology and Tradition – audio- visual culture among South Asian families in West London“ The book is available at Amazon.com – they have about a dozen sample pages including the complete table of contents. Ann Gray, one of the book's editors, can be found at http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/CulturalStudies/ann.htm Regards, Dave Skreiner >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ursprüngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Am 26.02.02, 19:49:47, schrieb jane park <[log in to unmask]> zum Thema query: > Hello, > I was wondering if anyone could lead me to articles and/or books dealing > with race and performance in popular media (specifically, how race gets > performed through visual tropes and aesthetic styles). Also, general > literature dealing with race and ethnicity in mainstream science fiction > films. I'm particularly interested in work that has been done (if any) on > these issues as they might relate to the construction or appropriation of > Asian or Asian American identity. > Thanks, > Jane > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html