Double agency
Subtitle: acts of impersonation in Asian American literature and culture
By: Tina Chen.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: American literature -- Asian American authors -- 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.
Table of contents: title: Impersonation and double agency : theorizing the practice, practicing the theory; title: Dissecting the "Devil Doctor" : stereotype and sensationalism in Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu; title: De/posing stereotype on the Asian American stage; title: Bodily negotiations : the politics of performance in Hualing Nieh's Mulberry and Peach; title: Shamanism and the subject(s) of history in Nora Okja Keller's Comfort woman; title: Impersonation and other disappearing acts : the double(d) agent of Chang-rae Lee's Native speaker.