A View from the Bottom Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation |
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| Author:
| Nguyen, Tan Hoang |
| Series title: | Perverse Modernities: a Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-5684-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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Rather than using displays of masculinity to counter portrayals of Asian American men as passive and effeminate, Nguyen Tan Hoang develops a concept of bottomhood that opens up political alliances based on risk, vulnerability, and receptiveness.
Rather than using displays of masculinity to counter portrayals of Asian American men as passive and effeminate, Nguyen Tan Hoang develops a concept of bottomhood that opens up political alliances based on risk, vulnerability, and receptiveness.