Chang and Eng Reconnected : the Original Siamese Twins in American Literature and Culture.

Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker have fascinated the world since the nineteenth century. In her captivating book, Chang and Eng Reconnected, Cynthia Wu traces the "Original Siamese Twins" through the terrain of American culture, showing how their inseparability underscored tensions bet...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wu, Cynthia, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Bunker, Chang, > 1811-1874 > In literature.
Bunker, Eng, > 1811-1874 > In literature.
Bunker, Chang, > 1811-1874.
Bunker, Eng, > 1811-1874.
1800-1999
Conjoined twins in literature.
American literature > History and criticism > 19th century.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States.
Popular culture > United States.
Asian Americans in literature.
Jumeaux siamois dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > États-Unis.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
American literature.
Literature.
Literature and society.
Popular culture.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Material traces in the archive
  • Labor and ownership in the American South
  • Solving the mystery of their union
  • Strange Incursions into medical science at the Mutter Museum
  • pt. 2. Reading literature and visual cultures
  • Late-nineteenth-century visions of conflict and consensus
  • Asian Americans bare/bear the hyphen
  • Disciplining and normalizing the woman subject in contemporary literature and film pt. 3. Observing and participating
  • Our esteemed ancestors.

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