China Beat Archive
Date of this Version
2012
Document Type
Article
Citation
2012 March 13 in The China Beat http://www.thechinabeat.org/
Abstract
There are good reasons why Jeremy Lin deserves the extensive news coverage he has received recently: a Harvard grad playing in the NBA, he had an indispensible role in the Knicks’ 9-2 run before losing to Miami on February 23, averaging 23.9 points and 9.2 assists in 11 games. Yet the extraordinary “Linsanity” displayed by the mass media seems to suggest that what makes Lin’s story so notable is what it says about perceptions of Asian masculinity. In Lin, the media has finally found an Asian man.
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Copyright 2012 Yong Chen.