BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.4407@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20131012T000000Z DTEND:20140209T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<strong><a href="http://www.janm.org/exhibits/marvels-monsters/ " target="_blank">Marvels &amp\; Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics\, 1942-1986</a>&nbsp\;</strong>\n<strong>From Oct 12\, 2013 - &nbsp \;February 9\, 2014</strong>\n<strong>Japanese American National Museum</s trong>\n\nThrough a selection of images from comic books representing four turbulent decades\, <em>Marvels &amp\; Monsters</em> illustrates how evol ving racial and cultural archetypes defined America&rsquo\;s perceptions of Asians. This exhibition draws from noted science fiction author and c ultural studies scholar William F. Wu&rsquo\;s comic book collection&mdas h\;the largest archive of comic books featuring Asians and Asian American s&mdash\;that was donated to the NYU Fales Library &amp\; Special Collect ions through the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU.\n\n<em> </em>\n \nCurated by <em>Asian Pop</em> columnist\, <strong>Jeff Yang</strong>\, this exhibition is a unique and fascinating look at how the images and ch aracters of Asians and Asian Americans featured in comic books during tim es of war and unrest coalesced into archetypes that still remain today... .\n\n* &nbsp\;This exhibition is a collaboration between the Asian/Pacific /American Institute at NYU and the NYU Fales Library &amp\; Special Collec tions DTSTAMP:20240418T164919Z SUMMARY:Exhibition -- Marvels &amp\; Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U. S. Comics\, 1942-1986 URL:/en/events/2013/10/12/exhibition-marvels-amp-monsters-unmasking-as/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR