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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... loss, nostalgia, and ambivalence. Because of this sensibility poised between the head and the heart, readers should not expect the nonemotional, dry monotone typical of scholarly works. Rather, a wide repertoire of emotions, from ...
... loss and repossession, betrayal and life-affirmation, feminine nostalgia and masculine proscription. Only through the punishment inflicted on Lot's wife can we begin to grapple with the general conscious reluctance to dwell in ...
... loss of Sodom extends into the daughters' loss of their mother. To compensate for the maternal loss, the daughters become their mother, the abominable sin securing a future for the family. The bloodline thus stays pure, within itself ...
... invariably begins with gestures toward loss. Kingston's Asian American woman warrior rides on the shoulders of the Chinese legend of Fa Mu Lan. Kingston grounds ethnic female repression in the First World on Establishing Shots xix ✯
... loss couched in Marxist and ethnic discourse. Both literature and criticism steal a look back to assemble an Asian American identity against the backdrop of Asian and Asian immigrant discourse. Such backward glancing is but human, as ...
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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