Bottom is Forever: A Lecture by Nguyen Tan Hoang


This lecture examines how anal erotics and bottom positioning refract the meanings of race, gender, sexuality, and nationality in Asian/American visual culture

 
DateThursday, November 12, 2015 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Cost

Free

Location

OCADU University, 100 McCaul Street, Room 550

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This lecture examines how anal erotics and bottom positioning refract the meanings of race, gender, sexuality, and nationality in Asian/American visual culture. Nguyen Tan Hoang argues that "bottomhood" simultaneously enables and constrains Asian American men in moving-image media. Conceived as a sexual position, a social alliance, and an aesthetic form, bottomhood affirms a politics that embraces risk, receptivity, and vulnerability.

Nguyen Tan Hoang is an Associate Professor of English and Film Studies at Bryn Mawr College. His videos, including K.I.P, PIRATED!, and Forever Bottom!,have been screened at MoMA, The Getty Center, The Pompidou Center, and numerous film and media festivals. His book A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation was recently published by Duke University Press.

This lecture is sponsored by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Minor in Art and Social Change at OCAD University.

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DateThursday, November 12, 2015 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Cost

Free

Website Location

OCADU University, 100 McCaul Street, Room 550

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

This lecture examines how anal erotics and bottom positioning refract the meanings of race, gender, sexuality, and nationality in Asian/American visual culture. Nguyen Tan Hoang argues that "bottomhood" simultaneously enables and constrains Asian American men in moving-image media. Conceived as a sexual position, a social alliance, and an aesthetic form, bottomhood affirms a politics that embraces risk, receptivity, and vulnerability.

Nguyen Tan Hoang is an Associate Professor of English and Film Studies at Bryn Mawr College. His videos, including K.I.P, PIRATED!, and Forever Bottom!,have been screened at MoMA, The Getty Center, The Pompidou Center, and numerous film and media festivals. His book A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation was recently published by Duke University Press.

This lecture is sponsored by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Minor in Art and Social Change at OCAD University.

RSVP on the Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1103871486292738/

Venue & Address: 
OCADU University, 100 McCaul Street, Room 550
Cost: 
Free
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