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Saving Face: The Emotional Costs of the Asian Immigrant Myth

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Tiger Mom. Asian patriarchy. Model minority children. Generation gap. The mainstream discourse has drawn on many generic concepts to describe the prototypical Asian family, which have given rise to two versions of the Asian immigrant family myth. The first celebrates Asian families for upholding the traditional heteronormative ideology of the “normal (white) American family” based … Read more

2007 Twilight Cinema Series – Saving Face (USA)

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https://aaari.info/notes/videos/07-01-12Twilight.mp4 Saving Face (USA, 2005) Saving Face is the charming story of a young woman’s complicated life and her pursuit of love amid the chaos. Wil (Michelle Krusiec) is a 28-year-old overworked medical resident living in Manhattan with no social life. Her widowed mother, Ma (Joan Chen), cannot understand why her desirable daughter spends all … Read more