''Asian Fever'' is the name of an
adult magazine
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and companion
adult video
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series published in the United States.
Overview
The magazine features explicit photos of
naked
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young women. It features pictorials of
East Asia
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n women, interviews with Asian porn stars, and reviews of Asian pornography
DVD
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s.
''Asian Fever'' is published thirteen times per year by
Larry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (; November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021) was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as ''Hustler'', pornographic videos, and three por ...
's
Larry Flynt Publications
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, and Hustler Video also produces an ''Asian Fever'' line of videos. ''Asian Fever'' writer
David Aaron Clark
David Aaron Clark (September 5, 1960 – November 28, 2009) was an author, musician, pornographic actor, and pornographic video director.
Career
Switching majors and finally graduating with a degree in journalism in 1986. He served as editor-in-c ...
became a
director
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Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
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* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
for the ''Asian Fever'' series with the twenty-fifth entry.
The first chapter of ''Butterfly: An Erotic Odyssey - Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines'' by Steven Yang first appeared in the magazine, with the book itself later being
blurb
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ed by ''Asian Fever''.
Under the subheading "Me Love You Long Time" in the essay "White and Wong: Race, Porn, and the Word Wide Web" by Darrell Y. Hamamoto in ''Image Ethics in the Digital Age'' (edited by Larry P. Gross, John Stuart Katz, and
Jay Ruby
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), it is noted that ''Hustler's Asian Fever'' was part of a "boomlet in skin magazines in the United States that cater to the
Asiaphile
An Asian fetish is a strong sexual preference for people of Asian descent or heritage. The term generally refers to people of East or Southeast Asian descent, though this may also include those of South Asian descent.
The derogatory term ''yell ...
," connected to the "White male fetishization of the Yellow female-object" (pages 250-251). "We Love You Long Time" happens to be the
tagline
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on the first of the ''Asian Fever'' DVDs.
See also
* ''
Asian Babes
''Asian Babes'' was a British softcore pornographic magazine which featured photographs of women of South Asian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Thai origin. The magazine was launched in March 1992 and initially used only Indian and Pakistani mode ...
'' – UK magazine
*
Asian fetish
An Asian fetish is a strong sexual preference for people of Asian descent or heritage. The term generally refers to people of East or Southeast Asian descent, though this may also include those of South Asian descent.
The derogatory term ''yell ...
References
External links
Official website''Hustler'' official website*
''Asian Fever'' seriesat
IAFD
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History
The predecessor to IAF ...
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Pornographic men's magazines
Men's magazines published in the United States
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Larry Flynt Publications
Magazines established in 1999
Ethnic pornography
Pornographic magazines published in the United States
1999 establishments in the United States
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