Johnsons' Park on 88NINE Neighborhood Project

Our local public radio station, 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, is hosting a Neighborhood Project series and Johnsons' Park is one of the featured Milwaukee Neighborhoods. Check out the project here and look for the Johnsons' Park site here. It is a nice complement to the media projects completed for this course. Listen to the audio interviews as well....

Blog #8

Still, Anna May Wong, Picadilly (1929)

Briefly address the following:

What is Orientalism? What purpose does it serve? What are the images associated with this idea/ideology? Dr. Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan were two recurring characters in Hollywood film. How would you describe these characters? What was unusual about the casting of the characters? Describe the “Dragon Lady” of Hollywood cinema? What actress was typically associated with these sorts of roles?

Blog #7

Still, Real Women Have Curves (Patricia Cardosa, 2002)

Briefly address the following:

Describe the “greaser” and the “Latin Lover” stereotypes. When did these stereotypes emerge and how were they represented on screen? How does the concept of “whiteness” inform their circulation in U.S. cinema? What is the “Good Neighbor Policy” and what impact did it have on the representation of Latinos/as? How does the concept of “whiteness” inform the ways Latino/a actors were promoted within the U.S. film industry (provide at least one example)? What shifts occur in Latino/a media representation after the Civil Rights movement? Discuss at least one Latino/a actor and/or director (one from the immediate post-Civil Rights era and one contemporary) and briefly explain how their careers are influenced by the history of Latinas/os in American film.

Please also read the Figueroa "Resisting 'Beauty'" essay for class discussion.