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12 - Yellow Fever and Yellow Impotence

The Polarity of Asian-American Sexuality

from Adolescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

By
Rosalind S. Chou  and
Brittany Taylor
Edited by
Sharon Lamb  and
Jen Gilbert
Sharon Lamb
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Jen Gilbert
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
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Summary

This chapter draws attention to the meanings that are attached to Asian-American masculinity and femininity, which always exist under the lens of white supremacy and are always externally imposed on Asian Americans. The authors highlight the exotification, castration, and racist stereotyping of Asian-American femininity, masculinity, and queerness as they exist in Western media and in broader American culture. Following this, the authors draw from interview and survey data to highlight how gendered and racialized constructions of sexuality can and do affect the sexual development of Asian-American adolescents.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
Childhood and Adolescence
 , pp. 241 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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