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Author:

Chen, Tina (Tina Yih-Ting), 1970-

Title:

Double agency : acts of impersonation in Asian American literature and culture / Tina Chen.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xxvi, 245 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Impostors and imposture in literature.
Stereotype (Psychology) in literature.
Asian Americans--Intellectual life.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Impersonation in literature
Race in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-240) and index.

Contents:

Impersonation and double agency : theorizing the practice, practicing the theory -- Dissecting the "Devil Doctor" : stereotype and sensationalism in Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu -- De/posing stereotype on the Asian American stage -- Bodily negotiations : the politics of performance in Hualing Nieh's Mulberry and Peach -- Shamanism and the subject(s) of history in Nora Okja Keller's Comfort woman -- Impersonation and other disappearing acts : the double(d) agent of Chang-rae Lee's Native speaker.

ISBN:

9780804751865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804751862 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804751858 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804751854 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57506738

LCCN:

2005000563

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)