Long Nguyen: Identity politics in art and cinema
by Tran, Thuy Nhat Diem, M.A., ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2007, 91 pages; 1444955

Abstract:

This thesis is a case study of how cultural producers, audiences, communities and artists have negotiated identity politics pertaining to Vietnamese American art and cinema. Based on firsthand interviews with Long Nguyen, an established artist and an emerging actor, this research examines how presenters (curators, film directors, writers), the art receiver (audience) and the art producer (artist), cumulatively shape perceptions of ethnic identity. Long's involvement in museum exhibitions and films during the last two decades is discussed in order to understand how each mode of presentation has framed Asian American and Vietnamese American identity. This thesis argues for a return to important and still relevant concepts, such as "identity," "culture," and "race," once outmoded in the 1990s.
 
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SchoolARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 46-01, p. , Oct 2007
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsBiographies; Art history; Ethnic studies; Museum studies; Film studies
Publication Number1444955
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