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Deconstructing the Visual: The Diasporic Hybridity of Asian and Eurasian Female Images
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Deconstructing the Visual: The Diasporic Hybridity of Asian and Eurasian Female Images

Julie M Matthews
Intersections, Vol.8
2002
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Other Studies in Human Society Cultural Studies female image diaspora gender stereotype
Being long accustomed to the absence of images resembling myself in magazines and on TV, I find the few images I do encounter quite fascinating.[1] Commenting on the absence of media images and representations of Asian women, Catherine Padmore notes that pale-skinned, wide-eyed Eurasian features are more likely to appear than Asian faces. As she arguesof the three hundred images appearing on the cover of the Australian publication Cleo since its inception in 1972, 'under ten did not fit the Caucasian stereotype of wide-eyes, pale skin, and (surprisingly often) blonde hair'.[2] My analysis of Asian and Eurasian female images is interested in the small but growing number of stylish young Eurasian and Asian fashion models appearing in Australian magazines and catalogues and Asian-female images associated with finance. The latter category links Asian women to commerce, computing and technology in a globally interconnected world. Interestingly, these images rarely feature Eurasian women.

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