Date of Award
Winter 12-2-2017
Degree Name
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Restricted/Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Abstract
Through my thesis body of work “Other-ing,” my goal is to create a three-dimensional Asian American perspective. As a result of Western standards implemented as the norm, where colonialism is still prevalent and white still reigns supreme, the media has created an onslaught of fictional Asian characters to control this group. Representations, tropes, stereotypes have long shaped the Asian American community, so much so that it is often easier to understand these one-dimensional depictions rather than the complex reality of how an Asian American defines themselves. Not shying away from implicating myself in this systematic structure of racism, I become both the oppressed and the oppressor, showcasing the complicated, multi-layered nature of being human, of being Asian American.
Mentor/Primary Advisor
Michael Byron
Recommended Citation
Yoo, Caroline, "Other-ing: Creating a Three-Dimensional Asian American Perspective" (2017). Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers. 25.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bfa/25