A race so different : performance and law in Asian America /

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Taking a performance studies approach to understanding Asian American racial subjectivity, the author argues that the law influences racial formation by compelling Asian Americans to embody and perform recognizable identities in both popular aesthetic forms (such as theater, opera, or rock music) an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chambers-Letson, Joshua Takano
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Colección:Postmillennial pop.
Temas:
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Asian Americans and mass media > History.
Américains d'origine asiatique et médias > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Asian Americans and mass media
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : performance, law, and the race so different
  • "That may be Japanese law, but not in my country" : Madame Butterfly and the problem of law
  • "Justice for my son" : staging reparative justice in Ping Chong's Chinoiserie
  • Pledge of allegiance : performing patriotism in the Japanese American concentration camps
  • The nail that stands out : the political performativity of the Moriyuki Shimada scrapbook
  • Illegal immigrant acts : dengue fever and the racialization of Cambodian America
  • Conclusion : virtually legal.

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