Lydia Fraser, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

a Lydia Fraser, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

Author: Lydia Fraser

Lydia Fraser is an undergraduate at Harvard College pursuing a double concentration in government and film & visual studies, with an interest in film theory and history, along with a language citation in French.

Asian · Comedy · Drama

The (Asian) American Dream: Neoliberal Feminism, Orientalism, and Ambivalence in Crazy Rich Asians

January 2, 2024

Crazy Rich Asians’ re-orientalization of Asians reinforces Eurocentrism and the Western gaze. Feminist and Orientalist readings of this film ultimately divulge the ability of Asians in the West to subconsciously[…]

Author: Lydia Fraser

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