Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Grand Hall, Neal Marshall Black Culture Center, 275 N. Jordan Avenue
There is a question why more and more women subject themselves to time-consuming, expensive and sometimes painful processes in their quest for physical perfection. Yet this constant striving to reach a beauty ideal is not simply a matter of an individual's personal aesthetic choice. Traversing historical and contemporary notions of beauty, stereotypes and iconography within Asian and popular cultures, NEVER PERFECT incorporates a rich selection of archival footage and commentary from numerous voices which ignites lively debate on the phenomena as they pertain to race and gender identity. Never Perfect explores the complex journey of a young Vietnamese-American woman’s struggle with popular perceptions of beauty and body image as she fights the stigma of racial self-hatred in her decision to undergo cosmetic surgery.
Sponsored by: IU Asian Culture Center, Sociology Dept., Communication and Culture, RPS Student Programs and the Community Education Program, Culture Studies, COMU, and Asian American Studies Program. For more information, please email acc@indiana.edu or call IU Asian Culture Center at 856-5361.
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