Turning Japanese - A Critique of Yellow face.

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Work to be submitted to my Asian American Studies class. In it, i superimpose the image of Japanese American silent film star Sessue Hayakawa over parts of my face screened out using a chroma key effect. It is intended to be a 21st century critique of the use of yellowface makeup in classic Hollywood cinema and today, in works as varied as The Good Earth (1937), and Norbit (2007). ... Yellow face sessue hayakawa asian american studies japanese chinese film culture ...