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How can the mundane object serve as a catalyst for exploring the relationship between aesthetics and political injury? What kind of harm do anthropomorphic and kawaii-style objects such as Harajuku Lovers perfume bottles, Chanel “China Doll” handbags, and Alessi’s Mandarin juicer, inflict upon Asian Americans? As such commodities circulate across Asia, do they circumvent post-Civil Rights taboos surrounding ethnic caricature in the U.S.? How is it that twenty-first century forms of racial kitsch—the Asian figure as salt shaker, handbag, or toy--evade contextualization as racist kitsch?
Exploring the convergence between theories of aesthetic form and Asian racialization, Dr. Leslie Bow analyzes self-consciously fictive racial representations circulating in the U.S. in order to uncover the conflicting affects underlying racial fantasy.
Dr. Leslie Bow is Mark and Elisabeth Eccles Professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and author of several books and numerous articles.
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Posted:
3/22/2015
Originator:
Yuan Shu
Email:
yuan.shu@ttu.edu
Department:
English
Event Information
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Event Date: 3/30/2015
Location:
English-Philosophy Building Room 201
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