Double agency:acts of impersonation in Asian American literature and culture

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen Tina (Tina Yih-Ting), 1970-
Published: Stanford University Press,
Publisher Address: Stanford, Calif.
Publication Dates: 2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxvi, 247 p.: ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0804751854 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804751858 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804751862 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804751865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: I712
CLC: I712.06
Call Number: I712.06/C518
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-240) and index.
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.