Darrell Hamamoto is a Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

 who is best known for his views on the desexualization of Asian American males in the media.

Education

Dr. Hamamoto received his education at CSU Long Beach, Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...

 and UC Irvine.

Influential works

Professor Hamamoto created a 50-minute pornographic film named Skin on Skin, which starred Asian American actors and actresses and addresses the desexualization of Asian American males. Dr. Hamamoto created another piece called Yellowcaust: A Patriot Act, which includes clips from Skin on Skin and information regarding atrocities committed against Asian Americans in the U.S.'s history. His work has generated controversy for producing porn movies as research

Dr. Hamamoto was featured in both The Daily Show

The Daily Show

The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...

and Masters of the Pillow, which is a documentary about Skin on Skin.

Books

• Nervous Laughter: Television Situation Comedy and Liberal Democratic Ideology, Praeger, 1991
• Monitored Peril: Asian Americans and the Politics of TV Representation, University of Minnesota Press, 1994
• New American Destinies: A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration, Routledge, 1996
• Countervisions: Asian American Film Criticism (Asian American History and Culture), Temple University Press, 2000