Representation of Asians in Media and Geography of Southeast Asia | Essays (university) Culture and Globalization

Lecture 1

*Who is Representing Who?

●For Asians, we are portrayed in a certain way through media

○They are usually not represented for who they are and are changed in ways to suit

media needs or the audience

○Example: White people taking on Asian roles in movies

○When Asians make it into the media, they are portrayed with stereotypical roles

such as the sexualization of Asian women, the nerd or foreigner

*Geography of Southeast Asia

●Southeast Asia consists of Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia,

Indonesia, Philippines, and Singapore

●A lot of Asian culture comes from India and China

●Suvannabhumi: “Land of Gold”

●Is the term “Southeast Asia” a social construct?

○This term did not come to be until recently

●French Indochina

○Tonkin, Annam, Cochin (European names for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia)

○Indochina comes from the French writer Malte-Brun

○French colonization led to the remapping of Asia

○Thailand was never colonized by any European power

○What does colonization do to Asian culture?

○After 1954, it was no longer called Indochina but Southeast Asia

●ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations

○Members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar,

Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam

○Southeast Asia is vulnerable against against superpowers and they want to gain

economic power through China

●Image shown in class: A White Man’s Burden

○Represents the white man’s responsibility to civilize people of color

●Importance of the Gaze

○When we stare at someone, we are communicating with them

○Our gaze must see more in an image, that there is something more than what lies

on the surface

●Basic Asian Visual Art Facts

○The Cambodian Court Dance take about 18 years of practice and is heavily

focused on flexibility and hand movements

○Class is focus on textiles, jewelry, and about Cambodian prisons for intellectuals

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Lecture 1 *Who is Representing Who? ● For Asians, we are portrayed in a certain way through media ○ They are usually not represented for who they are and are changed in ways to suit media needs or the audience ○ Example: White people taking on Asian roles in movies ○ When Asians make it into the media, they are portrayed with stereotypical roles such as the sexualization of Asian women, the nerd or foreigner *Geography of Southeast Asia ● Southeast Asia consists of Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Singapore ● A lot of Asian culture comes from India and China ● Suvannabhumi: “Land of Gold” ● Is the term “Southeast Asia” a social construct? ○ This term did not come to be until recently ● French Indochina ○ Tonkin, Annam, Cochin (European names for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) ○ Indochina comes from the French writer Malte-Brun ○ French colonization led to the remapping of Asia ○ Thailand was never colonized by any European power ○ What does colonization do to Asian culture? ○ After 1954, it was no longer called Indochina but Southeast Asia ● ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations ○ Members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam ○ Southeast Asia is vulnerable against against superpowers and they want to gain economic power through China ● Image shown in class: A White Man’s Burden ○ Represents the white man’s responsibility to civilize people of color ● Importance of the Gaze ○ When we stare at someone, we are communicating with them ○ Our gaze must see more in an image, that there is something more than what lies on the surface ● Basic Asian Visual Art Facts ○ The Cambodian Court Dance take about 18 years of practice and is heavily focused on flexibility and hand movements ○ Class is focus on textiles, jewelry, and about Cambodian prisons for intellectuals

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