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Marginal Sights : Staging the Chinese in America Studies in Theatre History and Culture
author
:
Moy, James S.
publisher
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University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin
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0877454485
print isbn13
:
9780877454489
ebook isbn13
:
9781587291609
language
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English
subject
American literature--Chinese influences, United States--Civilization--Chinese influences, American literature--History and criticism, Chinese Americans in literature, Theater--United States--History, Chinese in literature, China--In literature.
publication date
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1993
lcc
:
PS159.C5M69 1993eb
ddc
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973/.004951
subject
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American literature--Chinese influences, United States--Civilization--Chinese influences, American literature--History and criticism, Chinese Americans in literature, Theater--United States--History, Chinese in literature, China--In literature.
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Marginal Sights
Staging the Chinese in America
Studies in Theatre History and Culture
James S. Moy
University of Iowa Press Iowa City
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University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright (c) 1993 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Design by Richard Hendel
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed on acid-free paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Moy, James S. Marginal sights: staging the Chinese in America / by James S. Moy. p. cm. - (Studies in theatre history and culture) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-87745-427-2, ISBN 0-87745-448-5 paper 1. American literature - Chinese influences. 2. United States - Civilization - Chinese influences. 3. American literature - History and criticism. 4. Chinese Americans in literature. 5. Theater - United States - History. 6. Chinese in literature. 7. China in literature. I. Title. II. Series. PS159.C5M69 1993 973'.004951 - dc20 93-17415
97 96 95 94 93 C 5 4 3 2 1
97 96 95 94 93 P 5 4 3 2 1
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For Jennifer, My darling little baby girl. May the future be so bright You'll need sunglasses.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
1. Introduction: Siting Race/Staging Chineseness
1
2. The Panoptic Empire of the Gaze: Authenticity and the Touristic Siting of Chinese America
7
3. Bret Harte and Mark Twain's Ah Sin: Locating China in the Geography of the American West
23
4. Henry Grimm's The Chinese Must Go: Theatricalizing Absence Desired
35
5. Panoptic Containment: The Performance of Anthropology at the Columbian Exposition
48
6. Animating the Chinese: Psychologizing the Details
64
7. Casualties of War: The Death of Asia on the American Field of Representation
82
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8. Eugene O'Neill's Marco Millions: Desiring Marginality and the Dematerialization of Asia
95
9. Disfiguring The Castle of Fu Manchu: Racism Reinscribed in the Playground of the Postmodern
104
10. Flawed Self-Representations: Authenticating Chinese American Marginality
115
11. Imperial Pornographies of Virtuosity: Problematizing Asian American Life
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