For more information about the Asian American diaspora, cosmetic surgery, feminist discourse/Asian American feminine identity, Asian American cinema and lots of other interesting things that will make you think and feel smart, check out these articles and books by these scholars.

But be sure to give credit where credit is due because they worked their tails off to research and write these incredible works and I owe them all so much for an amazing inspiration and education for my film.

 

RESOURCES – for more information

 

  •  Blum, Virginia.  Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery.  Berkeley and Los Angeles , California: University of California Press, 2003.
  •  Espiritu, Yen Le.  Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love. Thousand Oaks , California: Sage Publications, 1997.
  •  Espiritu, Yen Le. Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love, Second Edition.  Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007.
  •  Fallon, April. “Culture in the Mirror: Sociocultural Determinants of Body Image.”  Body Images: Development, Deviance, and Change. Eds. Thomas F. Cash and Thomas Pruzinsky, New York: The Guilford Press, 1990: 80-109.
  •  Iijima Hall, Christine C. “Asian Eyes: Body Image and Eating Disorders of Asian and Asian American Women.” Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1995: 8-19.
  •  Iijima Hall, Christine C. “Best of Both Worlds: Body Image and Satisfaction of a Sample of Black-Japanese Biracial Individuals.” AmerAsia Journal, 23:1, 1997: 87-97.
  •  Kaw, Eugenia. “Medicalization of Racial Features: Asian American Women and Cosmetic Surgery.” Medical Anthropology Quarterly 7(1), 1993: 74-89.
  •  Kim, Elaine H. Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 2003.
  •  Millard, D. Ralph. “Oriental Peregrinations.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Vol. 16, No. 5, 1946: 319-336.
  •  New York University – Yoshio Kishi Yellow Peril exhibit, co-curated by Professor John Kuo Wei Tchen. info 
  •  Mok, Teresa A. “Asian Americans and Standards of Attractiveness: What’s in the Eyes of the Beholder?” Cultural Diversity and Mental Health, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1998: 1-18.
  •  Mok, Teresa A. “Getting the Message: Media Images and Stereotypes and Their Effect on Asian Americans.” Cultural Diversity and Mental Health, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1998: 185-202.
  • Prasso, Sheridan. The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, & Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient. New York: PublicAffairs, 2005.
  •  Zane, Kathleen. “Reflections on a Yellow Eye: Asian I(\Eye/)Cons and Cosmetic Surgery.” Talking Visions: Multicultural Feminism in a Transnational Age Ed. Ella Shohat. New York , New York : The MIT Press, 1998: 161-186.
  •  Zhou, Min. “Are Asian Americans Becoming “White?” Contexts, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2004: 29-37.
  •  Center for Asian American Media:   The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. They do this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media. click here