Asian American Themes in Avatar: The Last Airbender

August 22, 2020

Webinar featuring Dr. Lori Kido Lopez drawing on her research of the Racebending movement in the hit Nickelodeon animated TV show Avatar: The Last Airbender, as well as her background in Asian American studies and Media and Cultural studies to facilitate an interactive discussion and Q & A on Asian American identity, representation, and themes in ATLA. Originally recorded by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California on August 22, 2020.

Dr. Lori Kido Lopez is an Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the Communication Arts Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Asian American Media Activism: Fighting for Cultural Citizenship and the editor of Race and Media: Critical Approaches. She is mixed race Japanese American and originally from Portland, OR.