East-West Montage: Reflections on Asian Bodies in DiasporaUniversity of Hawaii Press, 6 nov. 2007 - 328 pagini "East-West Montage possesses a unique vision that promises to push discussions of globalization, cultural production, ethnic identity, and bodily metaphors in powerful new directions. Ma is to be praised for his sound scholarship and innovative interpretations. Indeed where others specialize in either the collection of details or the unpacking of text, Ma weaves a strong analytic exegesis rooted in thorough research." —Richard King, Washington State University |
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... appears to be North Africa. Greek tragedy frequently casts an Oriental chorus. Dionysus in Euripides' The Bacchae returns to wreak havoc in his native Thebes with a chorus of frenzied “Asiatic” maenads. Oedipus is enthroned after ...
... appear to be racially and ethnically defined, their purchase on diaspora is still self-evident. Although having originated in South Korea, the Korean Wave has grown to be not only pan-Asian in the twenty-first century, but part of ...
... appears more presentable as it serves multiple functions other than food consumption, whereas the anus serves primarily one—defecation. As orifices, both the mouth and the anus are potentially transgressive in erasing the boundaries ...
... appears in Jack London's primitivist noble savage “Koolau the Leper,” leprosy is called the Chinese disease, an allegedly tropical disease spreading from the Orient to Hawai'i, the doorstep to the West. W. Somerset Maugham, in The Moon ...
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Cuprins
Intercut on Asian Penis | 37 |
Intercut on Asian Dubbing | 77 |
Intercut on the Korean Wave | 111 |
Intercut on Body Oriental | 141 |
Intercut on Asian Magic | 187 |
Intercut on Asian Deceased | 215 |
Finis | 255 |
Notes | 257 |
Bibliography | 275 |
Index | 295 |
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