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National Abjection : The Asian American Body Onstage /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shimakawa, Karen, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "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.