Question1

0outof0points

I have not given or received help on this test. All of the answers I submit for this exam are
solely my own and written solely by me.
SelectedAnswer:

True

CorrectAnswer:

True

Question2
2outof2points

TheincreasingnationalmediaattentionthattheVincentChincasebegantoreceivewasactually
detrimentaltothecause.
SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
Increasingnationalmediacoveragehelpedbringtheattentionandhelpofmany
moreorganizations.TherewereevenoffersofinternationalsupportfromAsian
countrieslikeTaiwan.(seebottomof15)

Question3
2outof2points

AccordingtoBillNichols,HistoricalConsciousnessandtheViewer,inadditiontoitsparticular
filmicform,thevideoismostpowerfulbecauseofthewaysitcantapintoaviewers
SelectedAnswer:
feelingandbodilysensation
CorrectAnswer:
feelingandbodilysensation

Response
Feedback:

The correct answer is: feeling and bodily sensation

Feeling and bodily sensation occupy a central place in this
alternative strategy of collage and Nachterglichkeit (168).

Question4
0outof2points

AccordingtoHelenZia,thedeclineoftheAmericanautoindustrywasinitiallyblamedon:
SelectedAnswer:
TheJapanese
CorrectAnswer:
alloftheabove
Response
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Thecorrectansweris:Alloftheabove
Initially,severaleventswerebelievedtobethecauseoftheautoindustrysdecline.
Theworkerswereblamedforbeinginefficientandemployeesblamedthe
deterioratedinfrastructureoftheAmericanautoindustry.Soon,bothblamedthe
boomingJapaneseautoindustry.(seepage3)

Question5
2outof2points

VincentChinwasattackedandkilledbecausehewasthoughttobe:
SelectedAnswer:
AJapanesenational
CorrectAnswer:
AJapanesenational
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:AJapanesenational
VincentChinwaskilledbecausehewasthoughttobeJapanese,eventhoughhe
wasactuallyofChinesedescent.(seepage8)

Question6
2outof2points

AccordingtoHelenZia,thefirstChineseimmigrantsinDetroitworkedmostlyin:
SelectedAnswer:
Laundriesandrestaurants
CorrectAnswer:
Laundriesandrestaurants
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Laundriesandrestaurants
ThefirstChineseimmigrantsinDetroitweremostlymerchants.Asaresult,many
ofthesemerchantsinvestedintheirownlaundriesandrestaurants.Inthe1920s,
therewere300laundriesand32ChineseownedrestaurantsinDetroit.(seepage6)

Question7
2outof2points

AccordingtoMaritaSturken(AbsentImagesofMemory),historyisdefinedasfixed,stable,
coherent,andresolvedasopposedtomemorywhichisdefinedasontologicallyfluidandconstantly
subjecttorescriptingandfantasy.
SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
Thetensionbetweenmemoryandhistoryisanactiveprocessthatmovesbothways:
frommemorytohistoryaswellasfromhistorytomemory.Thus,whereasthe
memoriesofsurvivorscanbecomepartofthetextsofhistory,historicalnarratives
canoftenreshapepersonalmemories.History,therefore,isneverfixedorstable.
(page2)

Question8
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Viewedthroughtheirownphotographicmemories,thefewcapturedimagesofJapaneseAmericans
duringinternmentreflectfeelingsofconflict,resistance,orbrutalinjustice.
SelectedAnswer:

True

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
Insteadofseeingimagesoftragedyandextremesadness,theimagescomingoutof
theinternmenteithershowhappycampersasintheWarRelocationAuthoritys
photographyandfilming,orinothercases,imagesmadebyJapaneseAmericans
themselvesrevealtheshockingsenseoftheordinaryandthedomestic,evenoutside
ofthediscourseofwar.(page7)

Question9
2outof2points

AccordingtoMaritaSturken(AbsentImagesofMemory),despitethepaymentofreparationsand
thesemblanceofanationalatonement,theJapaneseAmericaninternmentstillcontinuestobeviewed
asahistoricaleventthatwas__________.
SelectedAnswer:
inevitable
CorrectAnswer:
inevitable
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:inevitable
Thehistoricalclaimoftheinternmentasbenevolentremainsfixedthroughits
alliancewiththeclaimoftheuseoftheatomicbombasinevitable:bothwereseen
asactsthatwereappropriateitstime.Furthermore,inbothcases,themythof
militarynecessitysustainedthebelief,evendecadesaftertheevents.
(bottomofpage4)

Question10
2outof2points

AccordingtoMaritaSturken(AbsentImagesofMemory)documentaryimagesofahistoricalevent
arealwayshelpfulintheprocessofmemory.

SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
Ononehand,cameraimagescanembodyandcreatememories;ontheotherhand,
theyhavethecapacity,throughthepoweroftheirpresence,toobliterateother,un
photographedmemories.SturkengivestheexampleoftheJewishholocaustandthe
pervasiveimagesofemaciatedJewishEuropeansduringWorldWarII.InAmerican
minds,theJewishholocaustistheonlygenocideweknowofbecausethereareno
imagesofothergenocidessuchastheCambodianandRwanda.
(bottomofpage3)

Question11
2outof2points

InthedocumentaryHistoryandMemory,theexcerptsfromthefilm,BadDayatBlackRockprovides
SelectedAnswer:
AreenactmentoftheabsentpresenceoftheJapaneseAmericaninternment
CorrectAnswer:
AreenactmentoftheabsentpresenceoftheJapaneseAmericaninternment
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:AreenactmentoftheabsentpresenceoftheJapanese
Americaninternment
BadDayatBlackRocktellsitsstorythroughpresentingabsence.Komokoisnever
seeninthefilm,buthisdeathexposesthebrutalrealityoftheallAmericanwestern
town:lawless,selfloathing,fearfulinitscore.(page7)

Question12
2outof2points

AccordingtoPeterX.Feng,ChanIsMissingarguesforthefluidityandshiftingofChineseAmerican
identityby:
SelectedAnswer:

showingtheheterogeneityofChineseAmericanviewpoints
CorrectAnswer:
showingtheheterogeneityofChineseAmericanviewpoints
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:showingtheheterogeneityofChineseAmericanviewpoints
ThisessayarguesthatChanIsMissingforegroundstheheterogeneityofChinese
Americansubjectivities,therebyarguingforthefluidityofChineseAmerican
identity.Ifthefilmdidnomorethanthat,thenitwouldsimplyexemplify
postmodernfragmentationanditsdiscoursewouldberecuperablebypostmodern
discoursesthateffacemarkersofsocialmarginality.(pg.4)

Question13
2outof2points

ChanIsMissingwaspraisedbycriticsforitsarthouseappeal,butcondemnedforitsinaccurate
portrayalofChinatown.
SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
Thefilmisoftenpositionedvisvisarthousecinema.Manycriticsdescribethe
authenticityofWang'sfilmandpraiseitforpresentingatrueportraitofChinatown
(Ebert,Hatch,Siskel),oftencitingaspecificstereotypesthatthefilmchallenges;in
otherwords,byaddressingcertainstereotypesheadonthefilmisperceivedby
mainstreamreviewersasrepresentinganauthenticChineseAmericanperspective.
(page11)

Question14
2outof2points

FengsuggestsintheessayBeingChinesethatAsianAmericanisaculturaltermratherthana
politicalterm.
SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
FengstatesthatAsianAmericanservesapoliticalpurpose,ratherthanacultural
one,asthetermAsianAmericanencompassesaneclecticgroupofcultures.
(Pg.3)

Question15
0outof2points

PeterX.FengsuggestsinhisessayBecomingChinesethatStevesroleplayingthroughoutthefilm
demonstrateshowidentityisfluidinahyphenatedAmerican.Heisconstantlyintheprocessof
becoming.
SelectedAnswer:

True

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
Steve'sChineseAmericanidentityisnotinaprocessofbecoming(ofevolvingfrom
positiontoposition)butofshiftingfromsubjectivitytosubjectivity.Thefluidity
withwhichSteveshiftsshouldnotbemistakenfortheprocessofnegotiationthatwe
havedescribedastheprocessofbecoming;instead,Stevereservestherighttoshift
fromonefixedsubjectpositiontoanother.(page17)

Question16
2outof2points

ThefilmChanIsMissingannouncedthatAsianAmericans:
SelectedAnswer:
alloftheabove
CorrectAnswer:
alloftheabove
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Alloftheabove

AsianAmericanfilmindustryincludeWayneWang,aHongKongbornChinese
Americanfilmmaker,AsianAmericanfilmmakersasawhole,andAsianAmericans
asafilmgoingcommunity.ThefilmChanIsMissing(1981)announcedthatAsian
Americanscouldbeartists,couldbecommercialfilmmakers,andcouldsupport
AsianAmericanfilmmaking(aswellassuccessfullymarketAsianAmericanfilmsto
wideraudiences).(page1)

Question17
2outof2points

AccordingtoChansNegotiatingCulture,sheexaminestheinfluentialsociologicaltheoriesof
RobertE.Parksmodelofracerelationscycle.Thismodeldescribesthefoursuccessivestagesof
interactionbetweenimmigrantsandthehost:contact,conflict,accommodation,andassimilation.
However,Chanarguesthatthismodelisnotapplicabletowhatethnicminorities?
SelectedAnswer:
BlacksandAsians
CorrectAnswer:
BlacksandAsians
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:BlacksandAsians
In1921ParkandBurgessdefined"assimilation"as"aprocessofinterpenetration
andfusioninwhichpersonsandgroupsacquirethememories,sentiments,and
attitudesofotherpersonsorgroups."Parkhimselfrealizedthatthismodeldidnot
seemapplicableto"Negroes"and"Orientals,"whowereforcedtowearwhathe
calleda"racialuniform.(page3)

Question18
2outof2points

InChansNegotiatingCultureEthnogenesisisdescribedastheconstructionand____________of
Americanethnicity.
SelectedAnswer:
evolution
CorrectAnswer:
evolution

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Evolution
RubenRumbautandAlejandroPortes[]nowuse"ethnogenesis"theconstruction
andevolution(emphasisadded)ofAmericanethnicityasaframework.Insteadof
lookingonlyattheimmigrationofEuropeanstheyalsoconsiderthe"enslavement,
annexation,andconquest"ofAfricans,Mexicans,andNativeAmericans,
respectively,as"originatingprocessesbywhichAmericanethnicitieswereformed
andthroughwhich,overtime,theUnitedStateswastransformedintooneofthe
world'smostethnicallydiversesocieties."(Page3)

Question19
2outof2points

MostCambodiansstrugglewithassimilationwhenitcomesto:
SelectedAnswer:
alloftheabove
CorrectAnswer:
alloftheabove
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Alloftheabove
Cambodianrefugeesfromruralareasencounterenormousdifficulties,notonly
becausetheydonotknowEnglishbutalsobecausesomanyofthemareunfamiliar
withmoderntechnologyandurbanlife.Also,inCambodiancultureitis
disrespectfultolookatsomeonestraightintheeye.ManyyoungstersofCambodian
descentfailatjobinterviewsbecauseofthishabit.Lastly,Cambodianculturehas
differingviewsonappropriatesocialbehavior.Forexample,inCambodianand
otherAsianculturesmenholdhandswitheachotherwhentheywalk.This
problematizespsychologicalexamsrequiredtoenterpoliceacademiesandmilitary
institutions.(pp.1819)

Question20
2outof2points

InChansessayNegotiatingCulture,Americannationalidentityhasbeenbasedmoreon
ideologicalprinciplesthanoncommonethnicorculturalorigins.
SelectedAnswer:

True

CorrectAnswer:
Response
Feedback:

True

Thecorrectansweris:"True"
PhilipGleasonandHansKohnpointoutthatAmericannationalidentityhasbeen
basedmoreonideologicalprinciplesthanoncommonethnicorculturalorigins.The
FoundersoftheU.s.stressedmajorideologicalprinciplesofliberty,equality,and
republicanismtodistinguishthemselvesfromtheBritish.Moreover,becauseother
Europeans,Africans,andNativeAmericansalsoinhabitedthecontinentalUnited
States,acommonlanguage,culture,orreligioncouldnotbeusedasthefoundation
foranAmericannationalidentity.(bottomofpage2)

Question21
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Cambodiansuse__________asasourceofinformationonAmericanculture.
SelectedAnswer:
alloftheabove
CorrectAnswer:
Television
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Television
GiventhatmostCambodians,especiallythosewhodonotworkorattendschool,
havefewopportunitiestoacquaintthemselveswithacrosssectionofeveryday
Americans,theyoftenrelyontelevisionasanagentofacculturation.Television
programsprovidesomesense,howeverskewed,ofhowAmericanslive.(page16)

Question22
0outof2points

WhenDemitriusinterracialrelationshipwithMinaismadepublic,heisshunnedby:
SelectedAnswer:
Thewhitecommunity
CorrectAnswer:
Alloftheabove

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Alloftheabove
FallinginlovewithMinathrustsDemetriusintoaculturalnomansland:he
becomesaracetraitortotheAfricanAmericancommunity,asexualpredatortothe
Indiancommunity,andanirresponsibleupstartintheeyesofthewhiteruling
class.(page191)

Question23
2outof2points

Thefilmsendingsuggeststhatultimatelythereisageographicalandacceptablesocialspacefor
DemetriusandMinasrelationship.
SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
ThefactthatNairjuxtaposesthespectacleofMinaandDemetriusskisswiththe
filmsfinalcreditsconfessestoaprofoundnarrativeambivalenceabouthybridity.
ThevisualfragmentationofDemetriusandMinashappyendingdisruptsthefilms
journeyintothefutureofracialidentity,suggestingthatthereisneitherareal
geographicalspacenoranacceptablesocialspaceforthishybridrelationship.(page
193)

Question24
2outof2points

SeshagiriarguesheressayAttheCrossroadsofTwoEmpiresthatinMiraNairsfilm,Mississippi
Masala,________influencesidentityasfundamentallyasethnicity.
SelectedAnswer:
Geography
CorrectAnswer:
Geography
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Geography

WhenleavingUgandaintheopeningscenesJaysheartbrokensobbing,Kinnus
sorrowfulgoodbyetoOkelo,andMinasfluentSwahiliallindicatethattheIndian
charactersheartsareverymuchUgandan.Geography,Nairsuggestsinthisopening
sectionofthefilm,influencesidentityasfundamentallyasethnicity.Page184.

Question25
2outof2points

AccordingtoRobertLeesessayDisobedientCitizenship,thefilmsmodelminorityisbest
embodiedinwhichcharacter?
SelectedAnswer:
Demetrius
CorrectAnswer:
Demetrius
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Demetrius
Inareversalofthestereotype,itisDemetrius,theownerofhisowncarpetcleaning
business,whoiscastasthemodelminorityinthisfilm.ItisDemetrius,notJay,
whoembodiestheProtestantworkethic.(page5)

Question26
0outof2points

Ultimately,Seshagirispointisthatthattheinescapablelegacyof________producesadisjuncture
betweenthefilmsforwardlookingpoliticsanditsambivalentending.
SelectedAnswer:
Empire
CorrectAnswer:
Alloftheabove
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Alloftheabove

Inwhatfollows,Iarguethattheinescapablelegacyofempireproducesa
disjuncturebetweenthefilmsforwardlookingpoliticsanditsambivalentending:
MississippiMasalailluminatesbutfailstotranscendthegeographicalandhistorical
boundariesofBritishcolonialismandAmericanslavery.Ultimately,thevery
hybriditythatMiraNaircelebratesthroughvibrantspectaclefindsitselfbereftofa
placeonempiresgeographicalandpoliticalmap.(page183)

Question27
2outof2points

InthefilmTheWeddingBanquet,inoppositiontotheauthenticChineseidentitydemandedbyhis
father,WaiTungs__________standsinforthehybrid,inauthenticstateoftheWesternizedethnic
subject.
SelectedAnswer:
homosexuality
CorrectAnswer:
homosexuality
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:homosexuality
InoppositiontotheauthenticChineseidentitydemandedbyhisfather,WaiTung's
homosexualitystandsinforthehybrid,inauthenticstateoftheWesternizedethnic
subject.Thethreatofmainlandinvasionthusservestoobstructthenationalist
resolution,butitdoessobylegitimatingWaiTung'shomosexualityand,therefore,
hisrejectionofhisfather'sefforttoimposeuponhimanessentializednational/
ethnicidentityintheformofaheterosexualunion.(page7)

Question28
2outof2points

ChiangsessayComingOutintotheGlobalSystemarguesthatinTheWeddingBanquet,the
closetisafunctionof_________aswellassexuality.
SelectedAnswer:
ethnicity

CorrectAnswer:
ethnicity
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Ethnicity
Theclosetisafunctionofethnicityaswellassexuality.Whatbecomesimmediately
apparentisthatalloftheyoungergenerationofChinese/TaiwaneseintheUnited
Statesareengagedinthemasqueradeofauthenticityinsofarasnoneofthemare
capableofenactingtheformsoftraditionthattheoldergenerationcontinuallyseeks
torecreate.(page5).

Question29
0outof2points

InTheWeddingBanquet,theactualweddingbanquetrepresentsthetraditionalcomicresolutiontoa
dilemma.
SelectedAnswer:

True

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"

The film suddenly shifts modes and turns into a family melodrama, not
the generic form in which the narrative of coming out is usually cast in
American culture. One function of homosexuality in the plot, then, is
to obstruct the closure offered by the wedding in favor of the closure
presented at the end of the film. (page 6)

Question30
2outof2points

AccordingtoMarkChiangsessay,ComingOutintotheGlobalSystemthemomentthatWeiWei
comestheclosesttoescapingthedominationoftheglobalsystem,shebecomesstigmatizedinthe
filmthroughtheactof__________.
SelectedAnswer:
abortion

CorrectAnswer:
abortion
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:abortion

The moment that Wei-Wei comes closest to escaping the domination of

the global system is stigmatized in the film through the act of abortion;
once this possibility is closed off, her subordination is inevitable. Thus,
the multicultural, non-heterosexual family formed by Wai-Tung and
Simon at the end of the film is in sharp contrast to the representation of
women's liberation offered to Wei-Wei. (page 9)

Question31
2outof2points

MarkChiangsuggestsinhisessayComingOutintotheGlobalSystemthattounderstandthe
implicationsofTheWeddingBanquet,thefilmmustbelookedatfromaChineseperspectiveandan
Americanperspective.
SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"

The complex entanglements of sexual and ethnic identity in The

Wedding Banquet cannot be read solely from within the frameworks of
national culture, either Chinese or American, but must be read across
them in a transnational analysis that attends simultaneously to the local
and global. (page 1-2)

Question32
2outof2points

ThetermQueerNationreferenceshownationandnationalityaffectsexualidentity,trueorfalse?
SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

False

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"False"
Asthemuchcited,populartermQueerNationimplicitlysuggests,homosexuality
isneverjustaboutsexorsexuality.Queernessmaterializeswithinaconcretized
space,anditassertsitselfinthematerialrealmonlythroughitsintersectionswitha
widerangeofsocialdifferences,frameworks,andlocationsthenationbeingjust
oneofthemanymanifestingsites(910).

Question33
2outof2points

AccordingtoAliceHomandDavidEnginQ&AWhatisonedirecthistoricalreasonfortherise
ofQueerAsianAmericanStudies?
SelectedAnswer:
AsianPacificAmericangayandlesbianorganizations
CorrectAnswer:
AsianPacificAmericangayandlesbianorganizations
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:AsianPacificAmericangayandlesbianorganizations
FirstwastheformationandproliferationofvariousAsianAmericanlesbian/gay
organizationsinU.S.metropolitancenterscircathe1980s(2).Seethelast
paragraphofpage2forlistoforganizationsintheU.S.Theculturalproduction,
politicalactivism,socialcohesion,andsupportnetworksestablishedbytheselesbian
andgayAsianAmericanorganizationsandauthorshavebeenintegraltoour
emergenceintothedomainofthevisibleourabilitytocomeout,asitwere,into
view(3).

Question34
2outof2points

AccordingtoauthorsHomandEnginQ&AmainstreamlesbianandgayorganizationsintheUS
mustconsider:
SelectedAnswer:
Alloftheabove

CorrectAnswer:
Alloftheabove
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Alloftheabove
IndiscussingthegaypoliticalactivismsurroundingHIV/AIDS,mainstreamgay
organizationsdeclaredbythe1990sthatHIV/AIDSfightwasover.However,the
riseofAIDS/HIVforpeopleofcolorintheUS(aswellasitsconcomitantrise
globallyinmostlyundevelopedcountries)underscorestheexclusionarypoliticsof
mainstreamUSgayorganizations.Fortheauthors,thisdeclarationoftheendof
HIV/AIDSfailstotakeintoaccounttheimpactofracial,gender,andeconomic
issuesin[mainstreamgayorganizations]HIVandAIDSstrategies(11).

Question35
0outof2points

WhatmakestheStonewallRiotsanerased(oreven)silencedhistoryaboutraceandsexualityand
notjustsexuality?
SelectedAnswer:
Itawakenedrightsforallgaysandlesbians,regardlessofrace
CorrectAnswer:
LatinaandBlackdragqueensmobilizedtheprotest
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:LatinaandBlackdragqueensmobilizedtheprotest
TheStonewallriotsremainasthefundamentalhistoricalmomentofmodern
gay/lesbianpoliticalidentity.Butformanygay/lesbiancommunitiesofcolor,the
revisionofStonewallbywhitemiddleclassgaysandlesbiansasacollectivehistory
repressestheknowledgethatLatinaandBlackdragqueensledtheriots.AsHom
andEngargue,bringingupthefactofcolorwithinthefundamentalgayrights
eventchallengesscholarsinlesbian/gaystudiestoreconsiderhowracialdifference
mayhaveprovidedtheconstitutiveframeworkthroughwhichthemoderngay
movementemergedandgaineditscoherence(4).

Question36
0outof2points

AsianAmericanhistoryisalreadyahistoryaboutnonnormativesexualities,trueorfalse?
SelectedAnswer:

False

CorrectAnswer:

True

Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:"True"
Toinvoke,forinstance,thehistoricalphenomenonofpapersonsistodiscuss
implicitlyissuesthathaveeverythingtodowithqueerness,homosexuality,and
homosociality:thenotionofdeviantandnormativesexuality;thequestionofreal
andimaginedpaternity;theanxietiesofpatrilinealtransmission;thehistorical,
material,andpsychicconfigurationsofjuridicallyprocuredmalecommunities;the
stateimpelleddisplacementofbiologicalfiliationtocommunalaffiliation(5).

Question37
2outof2points

WhileFireisanadaptationofTheQuilt,howdoesitchangetheoriginalshortstorysuseof
destabilizingpowerandsexualrelations?
SelectedAnswer:
FirereplacesRabboforMundu
CorrectAnswer:
FirereplacesRabboforMundu
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:FirereplacesRabboforMundu
ChughtaisstoryrevealshowtheservantRabbossubordinationbecomesoneof
power,destabilizingthemaster/servantrelationship.Thereplacementthetwo
sistersinlawandMunduastheobservingdaughtermakesequivalentthe
relationshipbetweensexandpowerbetweenwomen,butmaintainsclass
differences.

Question38
0outof2points

AccordingtoGopinathsessay,LocalSites/GlobalContexts,contemporaryHinduandMuslim
nationalismisbasedontheideaofcommunalidentitythroughthepracticeandideologyof_______.

SelectedAnswer:
personallaws
CorrectAnswer:
controllingwomenssexuality
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Controllingwomen'ssexuality
AsGopinathargues,bothHinduandMuslimssenseofcommunalidentityareheld
togetherbywomensproperbehaviorasmothers,daughters,andwives;these
identitiesreinforcecompulsoryheterosexuality,whichiscontrolledthrough
patriarchy.

Question39
2outof2points

Inresistingcompulsoryheterosexuality,therepresentationoffemalequeerdesireinthefilmFirealso
resists___________.
SelectedAnswer:
Hindunationalism
CorrectAnswer:
Hindunationalism
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:Hindunationalism
TheHindunationalistprojectcentersontheconstructionofwomenaspureand
chaste.Inthisway,thequeerdesireofthesistersinlawsubvertsandresiststhe
heteronormalizingdiscourseofHindunationalism.

Question40
2outof2points

Fireispremisedontheexpressionoffemalehomosexualdesirewithinthehome.Accordingto
GayatriGopinath,whatotherstorydoesFiredrawfromandcite?
SelectedAnswer:
TheQuilt

CorrectAnswer:
TheQuilt
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:TheQuilt
DeepaMehtabasedherstoryonIsmatChughtaisUrdushortstoryTheQuilt.
Mehtachangedtherelationshipbetweenthemistressandthemaidservanttotwo
sistersinlawswhofinddesireandlovewithintherestrictiveconfinesofIndian
patriarchy.

Question41
0outof2points

Gopinatharguesinheressay,LocalSites/GlobalContextsthatIndiannationalistsduringtheearly
twentiethcenturyusedthethreatofhomosexualitytosignify_______.
SelectedAnswer:
ethnicimpurityandinauthenticity
CorrectAnswer:
theperversionofBritishcivilizationandIndianmodernity
Response
Feedback:

Thecorrectansweris:theperversionofBritishcivilizationandIndianmodernity
Inresponsetoa1929BritishfeministbookaboutIndianwomenandoppression,
IndiannationalistsarguedagainstBritishrepresentationofIndiaasbackwardsand
sexuallyrepressivebypointingouttheperverse(homosexualities)practicedbythe
English(137).ThusimperialfeministslikeMayoaswellasanticolonialnationalist
feministslikeLkhanpalandReddi,evokedthespecterofhomosexualityasamarker
ofabjectothernessandforeignness,andasameansbywhichtoclaimtheir
respectivelocationsasmodernandcivilized(138).

Question42
19outof20points

Essay Exam (20 points): You should write for at least 20 minutes. Your product should be at
least 300 words minimum
Please answer the following essay question as thoroughly as possible. It is important for you to

reference the ideas covered in the readings and lectures. In writing your essay, you must use
relevant and concrete examples. Your essay should exhibit an organization as if you are writing
an essay. In other words, part of your grade will be based on how you present these ideas,
logically and coherently. Refrain from skipping around and giving a summary or list of ideas.
Last, you must write in complete sentences and watch for grammar and spelling.

Question:Manyofthefilmswehavewatchedsincethemidtermexamtakeplaceinthepost1965era
ofnewAsianimmigration.HowdidthechangeofnewimmigrationchangeAsianAmericanfilms?
Selected
Answer:

When our class first started and up until the midterm, Asian American films were more
about how we treated Asian Americans and how we portrayed them. Bitter Tea of
General Yen for example, was a movie where it portrayed the General as an evil person
who was barbaric.
Since then, the post 1965 era of Asian American films has been more evoloved
about Asian Americans having their own identity, breaking away from the Asian
stereotype, and facing racism. In the movie, Wedding Banquet, the film shows the
difficulty of expressing homosexuality within the Asian community. The man has a hard
time telling his father about his homosexuality and goes through much trouble to make
sure they wouldnt find out. This is also a common dilemma in most modern families,
this shows that Asian Americans becoming more Americanized. The traditional way
of Asian Americans isnt holding up with the newer generation of immigrants and this
movie expressed that.
Mississippi Masala tackles another issue that many Asian Americans
have to deal with, and that is racism and having to face criticism as a interracial couple.
I believe that the movie trys to show us that racism holds us back from progressing as a
society. Demetrius and Mina had to go through much criticism from their own
communities and eventually being shunned out from one.
The change that Asian Americans films have been from pre-1965 until present
in my eyes is an improved outlook. I say improved because instead of movies that have
portrayed Asians in the wrong way because of various reasons (war with a certain
country for example), they are now more about them fitting in with society and tackling
other issues. This doesnt mean that they dont have any more problems because they
do, as does many other different races/cultures in America.

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