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National abjection : the Asian American body onstage / Karen Shimakawa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shimakawa, Karen, 1964-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.
- Asian Americans.
- Asian Americans--Race identity.
- Human body--Social aspects--United States.
- Human body.
- Orientalism--United States.
- Orientalism.
- American drama--Asian American authors.
- American drama.
- Performance art--United States.
- Performance art.
- Abjection in literature.
- Racism in literature.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the ways that playwrights and performers have dealt with the presentation of the Asian American body on stage, given the historical construction of Asian Americanness as abject and unpresentable.
- Contents:
- "It's not right for a body to know his own origins,"
- "I should be-American!" Abjection and the Asian (American) Body
- "The dance that's happening" Performance, Politics, and Asian American Theatre Companies
- "We'come a Chinatowng, Folks!"Resisting Abjection
- "I'll be here ... right where you left me" Mimetic Abjection/Abject Mimicry
- "Whose history is this, anyway?" Changing Geographies in Ping Chong's East-West Quartet.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-188) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612920493
- 9781282920491
- 1282920499
- 9780822384243
- 0822384248
- OCLC:
- 850217010
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