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.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2002.
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| 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.


