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On “Not Asian Enough” – Textual Analysis of Cultural Representation of All-American Girl

Shang, Mei
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1304608739

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, American Culture Studies/Popular Culture.
The first Asian American situation comedy, All-American Girl (1994), has encountered much controversy and many compliments from viewers in both the Asian American community and the mainstream audience. The main controversy is whether the show promotes similar stereotypes as other Asian American representations from the past. Guided by Joanne R. Gilbert's theory of marginality and Joseph Boskin and Joseph Dorinson's ethnic humor theory, this thesis intends to testify that All-American Girl presents a marginal Korean American family in America with combined inspirations from the Asian and Asian American community. The show depicts more cultural conflicts than social and/or class conflicts. Rather than demonstrating aggressive ethnic humor as anticipated, All-American Girl displays images of the “model minority.” Yet, All-American Girl adds diversity to the network by projecting a family image of Asian Americans for the first time on television shows.
Becca Cragin (Advisor)
Jeffery Brown (Committee Member)
Radhika Gajjala (Committee Member)
53 p.
American Studies
All-American Girl; Mariginality; the Model Minority; Asian Americans

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  • Shang, M. (2011). On “Not Asian Enough” – Textual Analysis of Cultural Representation of All-American Girl [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1304608739

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shang, Mei. On “Not Asian Enough” – Textual Analysis of Cultural Representation of All-American Girl. 2011. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1304608739.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shang, Mei. "On “Not Asian Enough” – Textual Analysis of Cultural Representation of All-American Girl." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1304608739

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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