1. Asian American Race, Class, Gender, And Television Action: Vanishing Son And Martial Law
... of Martial Law/Walker, Texas Ranger in which the Shanghai detective teams up with the Texas lawman in order to cleanse American society, and, by implication, the television screen, of racism. As Sheldon Lu notes in his analysis of the teaming of Chinese martial artist Sammo Hung and karate champion Chuck Norris in this double episode: Their heroic acts successfully ... ways in which these television series present fantasies that orchestrate profound contradictions involving issues of national, racial, ethnic, class, and gender identities, examining a single episode from each focuses att...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate