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How Not to See (Or, How Not to Not See) the Photographs of Tseng Kwong Chi

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ID9286807
AuthorsWarren Liu (Warren Liu is an Assistant Professor of English at Scripps College. He is currently at work on a project about aesthetic form, technology, and race in Asian American literature and culture., corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume40
Issue2
Pages25-45
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerasia Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0044-7471 • E-ISSN: 2642-0228
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17953/amer.40.2.90v225666718561l
OpenAlexW2210725248
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

This essay reconsiders the work of acclaimed photographer Tseng Kwong Chi and what his Man in the Mao Suit series has to say about the cultural politics of race and gender. The author focuses on the formal elements of the photographs and the context behind them to reveal the assumptions about identity represented by Tseng Kwong Chi's use of the Mao suit

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Identity (music · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,11
Citation span2017 - 2017 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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