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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... resembles what is left behind after one's demise—an inscription on a tombstone. The simultaneous birth and death of the East, mirroring Nativity in the dead of winter, leads us to rewrite Edward Said's Orientalism as Orientalia, so that ...
... resembles a uterus, where feces and dogfood intermingle. Maimed by leprosy from the East, London's, Maugham's, and Yamanaka's characters conjoin the leprous, the fecal, and the divine. Their characters redeem themselves by means of ...
... resembles computer language, in which two numbers, zero and one, representing negative and positive, infinitely switch and compute within a split second. The Wachowski brothers' anime- and Matrix-inspired film Animatrix (2003) contains ...
... resembles Ra, the Sun-God, moving across the sky. Since the beetles lay their eggs in the ball, young beetles emerge as if rejuvenating themselves (Stephen Quirke, The Cult of Ra 2001). Jung thus foretells his patient's eventual ...
... resembles a beastly uterus, from which either the newborn emerges or monstrosity is spawned. The ambiguity of these sites disgorging new life or debilitating death maps out the extremities of affects, celestial and hellish, otherwise ...
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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