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April 30, 2008 Contact: Shariq Hashmi Cal Poly’s MultiCultural Center Welcomes SAN LUIS OBISPO—Celeste Parreñas Shimizu will lead a lecture entitled “The Hypersexuality of Race” as part of Asian American/Pacific Islander month on Thursday, May 8, from 4-6 p.m. in the University Union, Room 220. Sponsored by Cal Poly’s MultiCultural Center, and Student Life and Leadership, the talk will focus on sexualized depictions of Asian women in film, video, and theatrical productions. Film clips from early Hollywood cinema, gonzo pornography, stag films, and independent feminist work will be featured. Shimizu is an associate professor of Film and Video in Asian American Studies, and affiliate faculty in Film and Women’s Studies at UCSB. Shimizu has a Ph.D in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University; an M.F.A. in Film Production and Directing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television; and a B.A. in Ethnic Studies from U.C. Berkeley. Her book, “The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene” was released from Duke University Press last year. For more information, contact Shariq Hashmi at 805-756-1405 or mcc@calpoly.edu, or visit the MultiCultural Center’s website at http://www.multiculturalcenter.edu. ###
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