Cultural Authenticity, the Family, and East Asian American Romance Novels

2020/03/30 by Hsu‐Ming Teo · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Asian American and Pacific Histories

paper · pdf · doi:10.70138/rvxo4126

openalex publication_date 2020/03/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/06

Abstract

[End Page 1] In 2018 the film Crazy Rich Asians[1] was released to much fanfare and publicity, earning nominations at the Golden Globes and other awards, and grossing 174,532,921 in the United States and 238,532,921 worldwide (Box Office Mojo). Although criticized within Asian markets, especially in Singapore, for its erasure of non-ethnically Chinese characters from

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