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Category Archive: family

In Search of Fathers: Nara Milanich on the Historical Puzzle of Paternity

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The question, Milanich argues, is not “Who is the father?” but rather, “Who do we want him to be?”

Jennifer Randles May 3, 2020 book reviews, family, gender, legal history, technology

Of Abject Fathers and Angry Mothers: Chia-Chia Lin’s The Unpassing

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Chia-Chia Lin’s novel captures the bittersweet flavor of Asian-American dreams – those broken and realized alike.

Wendy Cheng March 5, 2020 Asian American history, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, family, fiction, immigration, literature

‘Parasite’ Is the First Sexual Critique of Capitalism

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Even as it is a critique of capitalism, Bong Joon-ho’s film is also an immediate, sexual object under capitalism.

Min February 23, 2020 class, family, film, gender, Korea, Neoliberalism, postcolonialism, sexuality, Uncategorized

7 Books to Make You Grateful for Your Own Family on Thanksgiving

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Visual media have the advantage of providing quick comfort; if you need a change of mood or just […]

Guest November 24, 2016 Asian American history, Asian Americans, family, fiction, gender, historiography, literature

Finding Family with the Wilderpeople

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Historian and legal expert Ariela J. Gross opens her 2008 work What Blood Won’t Tell with details from […]

Alex Sayf Cummings and Ryan Reft August 23, 2016 family, feelings, film, race, whiteness

Do Wes Anderson Movies Actually Make Money?

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Indie and art house film has always extended the possibility of artistic freedom—at least as much as it’s […]

Alex Sayf Cummings November 17, 2014 American Studies, family, film, gender, Texas, whiteness

Noiring LA: Mildred Pierce, The Reckless Moment, and Reinforcing Postwar Suburban Gender Roles

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“Often like a ghost in the shadows, the mother haunts film noir,” observed Kelly Oliver and Benigno Trigo […]

Ryan Reft October 30, 2014 1940s, California, cities, class, family, feminism, film, gender, Los Angeles, noir, Popular culture, sexuality, suburbanization, WWII
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