Bee Vang
Biographic Data
| ID | 162773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bee Vang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bee |
| FAMILY NAME | Vang |
| SIGNATURE | VANG B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oshkosh (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Micro-Exclusions, Raunch Aesthetics and In-Jokes
This essay reads closely into the racial politics of “Thao Does Walt,” a YouTube parody of one particular scene in Eastwood’s Gran Torino, featuring Bee Vang, the lead actor from the original. The short, co-created by the authors and a Hmong artistic team, sought to trouble clichéd Asian American masculinities, not by defying them but by caricaturing dominant tropes, deploying camp, humor, raunch and queering tactics to make visible the turgidity…
The unbearable racedness of being natural
At the age of just 16, Bee Vang (BV), a Hmong Minnesotan, was chosen from several hundred auditioners for the lead role of Thao in Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. Now a 22-year-old student at Brown University focusing on global political economy and critical race studies, he dialogues here with media studies anthropologist Louisa Schein (LS) unpacking the dynamics by which the contemporary racial order is engendered and reproduced through the micro…
Preparing Preservice Teachers to Meet the Needs of Hmong Refugee Students
The United States is home to more than two million refugees since 1975, with over half arriving as children. Refugees are semi-voluntary immigrants fleeing persecution in their home countries and s
Beyond Gran Torino 's Guns
Clint Eastwood's feature film Gran Torino (2008) represents an ongoing site of cultural struggle from the perspective of Hmong Americans, not only because of issues around the portrayal of Hmong culture and society, but also because of the very fraught politics of the film's production process itself. This collaborative piece stages conversations and critiques so as to be stylistically consistent with the ensemble nature of film production, bring…
Beyond Gran Torino 's Guns
Clint Eastwood's feature film Gran Torino (2008) represents an ongoing site of cultural struggle from the perspective of Hmong Americans, not only because of issues around the portrayal of Hmong culture and society, but also because of the very fraught politics of the film's production process itself. This collaborative piece stages conversations and critiques so as to be stylistically consistent with the ensemble nature of film production, bring…
Micro-Exclusions, Raunch Aesthetics and In-Jokes
This essay reads closely into the racial politics of “Thao Does Walt,” a YouTube parody of one particular scene in Eastwood’s Gran Torino, featuring Bee Vang, the lead actor from the original. The short, co-created by the authors and a Hmong artistic team, sought to trouble clichéd Asian American masculinities, not by defying them but by caricaturing dominant tropes, deploying camp, humor, raunch and queering tactics to make visible the turgidity…
Preparing Preservice Teachers to Meet the Needs of Hmong Refugee Students
The United States is home to more than two million refugees since 1975, with over half arriving as children. Refugees are semi-voluntary immigrants fleeing persecution in their home countries and s
Preparing Preservice Teachers to Meet the Needs of Hmong Refugee Students
The United States is home to more than two million refugees since 1975, with over half arriving as children. Refugees are semi-voluntary immigrants fleeing persecution in their home countries and s
Beyond Gran Torino 's Guns
Clint Eastwood's feature film Gran Torino (2008) represents an ongoing site of cultural struggle from the perspective of Hmong Americans, not only because of issues around the portrayal of Hmong culture and society, but also because of the very fraught politics of the film's production process itself. This collaborative piece stages conversations and critiques so as to be stylistically consistent with the ensemble nature of film production, bring…
The unbearable racedness of being natural
At the age of just 16, Bee Vang (BV), a Hmong Minnesotan, was chosen from several hundred auditioners for the lead role of Thao in Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. Now a 22-year-old student at Brown University focusing on global political economy and critical race studies, he dialogues here with media studies anthropologist Louisa Schein (LS) unpacking the dynamics by which the contemporary racial order is engendered and reproduced through the micro…
Micro-Exclusions, Raunch Aesthetics and In-Jokes
This essay reads closely into the racial politics of “Thao Does Walt,” a YouTube parody of one particular scene in Eastwood’s Gran Torino, featuring Bee Vang, the lead actor from the original. The short, co-created by the authors and a Hmong artistic team, sought to trouble clichéd Asian American masculinities, not by defying them but by caricaturing dominant tropes, deploying camp, humor, raunch and queering tactics to make visible the turgidity…
Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)