Female martial artist Cynthia Rothrock also had some success as China O'Brien as well as in other roles. ... Ironically, although he supported "democracy- in China, the system works against him in America. ... In this light, although reluctant, Jian-Wa remains a character that symbolizes resistance to both the white American and the Communist Chinese status-quo, and, thus, he can travel the world fulfilling fantasies that resist both Chinese and American hegemony. ... A master of East and West and demonized by both cultures, Jian-Wa represents a position many Chinese felt themselves in af...

• Word Count: 9463
• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In contrast, as Ed Cohen notes in Talk on the Wilde Side, "agricultural labourers and the industrial working classes [ ] were largely determined by the material constraints circumscribing their lives- (19), which is to say that the work in which they engaged was mainly physical, intellectually disengaged, and under-waged, so that there was little possibility of accruing excess capital. ... Hence, as Cohen notes, the spectre of failure haunts the middle class even as it anticipates a better life (19-21). ...

• Word Count: 7291
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the early 19th century and during WWII, Chinese immigrants were harshly and legally discriminated against in California. ... Massey and Denton note, "no group in the history of the United States has ever experienced the sustained high levels of residential segregation imposed on blacks." ...

• Word Count: 2138
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate