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National abjection [electronic resource] : the Asian American body onstage / Karen Shimakawa.

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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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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Duke)
Main Author:	Shimakawa, Karen, 1964- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.
Series:	e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:	Asian Americans > Ethnic identity. Asian Americans > Race identity. Human body > Social aspects > United States. Orientalism > United States. American drama > Asian American authors. Performance art > United States. Abjection in literature. Racism in literature. United States > Race relations. United States > Race relations > Psychological aspects. Human body > Social aspects. Orientalism. Performance art. Race relations. Race relations > Psychological aspects. United States.

Table of Contents:

"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.