Mr. Lum Midterm Asian American Literature

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Treaty that marked the surrender of Nguyen Dynasty

Treaty of Hue

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In a brief, he wrote "American Citizenship does not necessarily determine loyalty... but we must worry about the Japanese all the time until he is wiped off the map"

General J.L. Dewit

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Although orientalism began as an academic field, the is no correlative course in the West which would be known as

Occidentalism

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4

At his inauguration he quoted the declaration of independence

Ho Chi Minh

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5

This is a stereotype despite its intent to be a positive representation eventually came to represent them as "helpless heathens to be saved by anglo heroes or the loyal loveable allies, sidekicks and servants"

Charlie Chan

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Orientalism postulates the Asian as the weaker partner, leading to a stereotype of Asian Men being...

Emasculated

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An example of this is Orientalism where the belief that asians are weaker/backwards compared to westerners as an Academic idea, adopted by political institutions and then proliferated as true as a cultural norm

Cultural Hegemony

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This stereotype represented the leader of evil Asians who was subversive and sinister, but still weak

Fu Man Chu

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An example of this is hollywood's influenceas it movies are released into more theater screens worldwide than any other nation

Hegemony

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This law, generally considered the first immigration law, barred people from entering the United states for lewd or salacious work, however, in reality, it was used to bar chinese women from entering america

Page Law

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11

Asian women are stereotyped as sexual, but this stereotype of an Asian woman has learned to use her sexuality as a weapon.

Dragon Lady

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12

He was deposed by a referendum led by Ngo Dinh Diem to end the state of vietnam and create the republic

Bao Dai

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This dynasty was the only vietnamese dyansty to be independent

Nguyen Dynasty

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14

It is surprising that she has a Chinese name considering she is introduced blasting American music and speaks in American slang

jenny

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15

he teaches chinese americans how to speak english and believes that the best solution for the split in the chinese american community is to have a compromise parade on October 5th

George

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16

April is the cruelest month" originally comes from this work

The Wasteland

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17

This Character ask the narrator to come up with a list of his orientalist qualities and compare them to western qualities

The Department Chair

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18

This person, along with the company, comes to see the narrator in the hospital in the philippines after the explosion on set

Violet

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Holly wood actor who played numerous asian characters, all who died

James Yoon

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20

His death is the symbol for the loss of hope in the future of south vietnam

Due

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21

The three characters go into a cab business together

Jo, Chan, Steve

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This character is considered the antithesis because he is a follower instead of a leader

Bon

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he has hidden the fact that he is 1/16th blackbut confesses it to the narrator

Claude

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She is a liberal person who believes in the counter culture idea of free love

Ms. Sofia Mori

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He is the prisoner who the narrator learns to interrogates with including playing nonstop country music when he was trying to sleep

The Watchman

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26

Even now I can see quite clearly

Richard Black Boy

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"I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted

Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a

man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids --

Narrator The invisible Man

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28

Channels thought into a west or an east compartment

Siad Orientalism

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29

Howerever than giving him a yes orno answer, began to go into his past driving record

Female Lawyer, Chan is missing

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30

The baby face guard

Narrator The symapthizer

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