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National Abjection : The Asian American Body Onstage

National Abjection : The Asian American Body Onstage Paperback - 2002

by Karen Shimakawa

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Duke University Press, 2002. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title National Abjection : The Asian American Body Onstage
  • Author Karen Shimakawa
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Duke University Press, Durham, NC
  • Date 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0822328232I3N00
  • ISBN 9780822328230 / 0822328232
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.13 x 0.44 in (23.50 x 15.57 x 1.12 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Racism in literature, United States - Race relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002006795
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.895

From the publisher

National Abjection explores the vexed relationship between "Asian Americanness" and "Americanness" through a focus on drama and performance art. Karen Shimakawa argues that the forms of Asian Americanness that appear in U.S. culture are a function of national abjection--a process that demands that Americanness be defined by the exclusion of Asian Americans, who are either cast as symbolic foreigners incapable of integration or Americanization or distorted into an "honorary" whiteness. She examines how Asian Americans become culturally visible on and off stage, revealing the ways Asian American theater companies and artists respond to the cultural implications of this abjection.

Shimakawa looks at the origins of Asian American theater, particularly through the memories of some of its pioneers. Her examination of the emergence of Asian American theater companies illuminates their strategies for countering the stereotypes of Asian Americans and the lack of visibility of Asian American performers within the theater world. She shows how some plays--Wakako Yamauchi's 12-1-A, Frank Chin's Chickencoop Chinaman, and The Year of the Dragon--have both directly and indirectly addressed the displacement of Asian Americans. She analyzes works attempting to negate the process of abjection--such as the 1988 Broadway production of M. Butterfly as well as Miss Saigon, a mainstream production that enacted the process of cultural displacement both onstage and off. Finally, Shimakawa considers Asian Americanness in the context of globalization by meditating on the work of Ping Chong, particularly his East-West Quartet.

About the author

Karen Shimakawa is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the Asian American Studies Program at the University of California, Davis. She is coeditor of Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora, published by Duke University Press.

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