Tara: A writer named Shanlon Wu wrote a brief essay called "In Search of Bruce Lee's Grave" that appears in my composition class reader, _Common Ground_ (current edition). It talks about the author's search for a powerful role model to resist the Asian male "servant" roles that were prevalent on film & tv in his youth. John Hoppe On Mon, 17 Oct 1994, David Desser wrote: > > My name is Tara Mocsny and I as a junior at San Francisco State > >University majoring in Communications. I am currently working on a research > >paper for an Asian American Studies class looking at stereotypes regarding > >Asians in the cinema and how societal perceptions of them mirrored their > >portrayal on the screen.I am looking at the time period from 1930-1960. If > >anybody on this list has information or can point me to resources on this > >subject I would greatly appreciate it. Please send a response directly to > >me through my e-mail address. Thanks. > > > > Tara Mocsny > > [log in to unmask] > > New book by Gina Marchetti (U of California Press) _Romance and the > "Yellow Peril" is a very good place to begin. > > DD > > _____________________________________ > David Desser,UIUC Cinema Studies > 2109 FLB/707 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801 > 217/244-2705 >