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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chambers-Letson, Joshua Takano
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Asian Americans and mass media.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Americains d'origine asiatique et medias > Histoire.
Asian Americans and mass media > History.
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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) and in the rituals of everyday life. Tracing the production of Asian American selfhood from the era of Asian Exclusion through the Global War on Terror, this book explores the legal paradox whereby U.S. law apprehends the Asian American body as simultaneously excluded from and included within the national body politic.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780814745250

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