Wasians and the Haunt of Orientalism

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Part 2 of my series on Wasian representation in pop culture! This video was co-researched by Katia Lo-Innes :) check out her website!! https://katialoinnes.tumblr.com Please consider subscribing and if you're feeling generous, subscribing to my patreon patreon.com/emmakredl Instagram: @freakonaquiche Timestamps: Orientalism: 8:18-12:10 Hyper Sexualization: 12:10-18:50 Wasian Bodies: 18:52-21:41 Haunting/Interracial Dating: 21:41-28:39 Re: Sad Wasian Trope: 28:39-32:58 Ungraspable Homeland: 32:58-36:15 Bend it Like Beckham: 36:15-40:59 Zayn Malik: 40:59-43:51 Post-Race Future?: 43:51-46-56 What are you?: 46:56-53:19 Links: Why Mindy Kaling Refuses to Talk about Race—and Why I Care So Much: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/theslice/why-mindy-kaling-refuses-to-talk-about-race-and-why-i-care-so-much Mindy Kaling's Coconut Empire: https://www.thepolisproject.com/read/mindy-kaling-coconut-indian-american Arab Film Stereotype Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@rudyayoub/video/7138072436649774382 Orientalism book (Edward Said) https://pages.pomona.edu/~vis04747/h124/readings/Said_Orientalism.pdf The History of Fetishizing Asian Women https://www.vox.com/22338807/asian-fetish-racism-atlanta-shooting The Secret Face of Mixed Raced Identities https://www.michigandaily.com/michigan-in-color/the-secret-fetishization-of-mixed-race-identities/ Other sources that I can't link: The Eaton Sisters and the Figure of the Eurasian by Emma Jinhua Teng Ghostly Matters by Avery Gordon The Alchemy of Race and Rights by Patricia Williams Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Ornamentalism: A Feminist Theory for the Yellow Woman by Anne Anlin Cheng The Biopolitics of Mixing: Thai Multiracialities and Haunted Ascendancies by Jinthana Haritaworn Heterogeneity, Hybridity, Multiplicity: Marking Asian American Differences by Lisa Lowe