Chia-Hao Chang
999672426
ASA 004
Prof. Abdullah
22 May 2017
Alien
Encounters Import Subcultures
In
the article “Asian American Auto/Biographies: The Gendered Limits of Consumer
Citizenship in Import Cultures by Robyn Rodriguez and Vernadette Gonzalez, the
authors were first addressing the phenomena they havce observed in the streets
of Los Angeles, where there wee many racers of gangs using Japanese import cars
revving. This shows how Asian American’s import culture which is referred as “rice
rocket”, in the article. The young generations especially endorse such an
import culture and they are well adapted to the “trend”. The American automobiles
were crashed in the Great Depression and cars, however, play in important role
in American economies and societies. Yet, For, being an American brand, is
respected as an American identity. As for many young Asian people, Japanese
cars are perhaps what they will go for since it’s their “:heritage”.
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