Western Washington University Western CEDAR WWU Honors Program Senior Projects WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship Spring 2004 Asian and Asian American Representations in American Film Laura (Laura Renee) Johnson Western Washington University Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Johnson, Laura (Laura Renee), "Asian and Asian American Representations in American Film" (2004). WWU Honors Program Senior Projects. 210. https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/210 This Project is brought to you for free and open access by the WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in WWU Honors Program Senior Projects by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Asian and Asian American Representations in American Film WWU Honors Senior Thesis Laura Johnson Spring 2004 Advisor Jeanne Armstrong, Ph.D. WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An equal opportunity university Honors■ Program HONORS THESIS In presenting this Honors paper in partial requirements for a bachelor’s degree at Western Washington University, I agree that the Library shall make its copies freely available for inspection. I further agree that extensive copying of this thesis is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood that any publication of this thesis for commercial purposes or for financial pfain shall not be allowed without mv written permission. Signatureo Date Asian and Asian American Representations in American Film The purpose of this paper is to explore the racist representations of Asians and Asian Americans in film that serve to enhance white supremacy.