Exquisite Corpse of Asian America

C. Lee Rachel

Description

Winner of the 2016 Association for Asian American Studies Award for Best Book in Cultural StudiesThe Exquisite Corpse ofAsian Americaaddresses this central question: if race has been settled as a legal or socialconstruction and not as biological fact, why do Asian American artists,authors, and performers continue to scrutinize their body parts? Engagingnovels, poetry, theater, and new media from both the U.S. andinternationally-such as Kazuo Ishiguro's science fiction novel Never Let MeGo or Ruth Ozeki's My Year of Meats and exhibits like that of BodyWorlds in which many of the bodies on display originated from Chinese prisons-RachelC. Lee teases out the preoccupation with human fragments and posthumanecologies in the context of Asian American cultural production and theory. Sheunpacks how the designation of "Asian American" itself is a mental constructthat is paradoxically linked to the biological body.Through chapters that each use a body part as springboard forreading Asian American texts, Lee inaugurates a new avenue of research onbiosociality and biopolitics within Asian American criticism, focused on theliterary and cultural understandings of pastoral governmentality, the divergentscales of embodiment, and the queer (cross)species being of racial subjects.She establishes an intellectual alliance and methodological synergy betweenAsian American studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS), biocultures,medical humanities, and femiqueer approaches to family formation, carework,affect, and ethics. In pursuing an Asian Americanist critique concerned withspeculative and real changes to human biologies, she both produces innovationwithin the field and demonstrates the urgency of that critique to otherdisciplines.

Sujets

• Ideology
• Literary theory
• Gender studies

Informations

• Publié par: NYU Press
• Date de parution: 05 décembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781479821525
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

THe Exquisite Corpse of Asian America

SEXUAL CULTURES ééà Éôŝ: JôŝÈ Éŝéà Mûñôz à Ā éé

éŝ  é ŝééŝ çûé é ôô:

Tîmes Square Red, Tîmes Square Bue Śàûé . Déà

Queer Gobaîzaîons: Cîîzensîp and e Aterîe o Coonîaîsm Éé  Āàô Çûz MààÈ à Mà . Màààŝà v

Queer aînîdad: ïdenîy Pracîces, Dîscursîve Spaces Jûàà Màíà ôíûéz

ove e Sîn: Sexua Reguaîon and e îmîs o Reîgîous Toerance Jàé . Jàôŝé à Ā éé

Borîcua Pop: Puero Rîcans and e aînîzaîon o Amerîcan Cuure àçéŝ Èô-Mûàé

Mannîng e Race: Reormîng Back Men în e Jîm Crow Era Màô ôŝŝ

ïn a Queer Tîme and Pace: Transgender Bodîes, Subcuura îves Jû àéŝà

Wy ï Hae Abercrombîe and Fîc: Essays on Race and Sexuaîy în e U.S. D Ā. Mçé

God Haes Fags: he Reorîcs o Reîgîous Vîoence Mçàé Çô

Once You Go Back: Coîce, Desîre, and e Back Amerîcan ïneecua ôé é-à

he aîno Body: Crîsîs ïdenîîes în Amerîcan îerary and Cuura Memory ázàô à

Arrangîng Grîe: Sacred Tîme and e Body în Nîneeen-Cenury Amerîca Dàà ûçàô

Cruîsîng Uopîa: he hen and here o Queer Fuurîy JôŝÈ Éŝéà Mûñôz

Anoer Counry: Queer Anî-Urbanîsm Śçô é

Exravagan Abjecîon: Backness, Power, and Sexuaîy în e Arîcan Amerîcan îerary ïmagînaîon Dàéç Śçô

Reocaîons: Queer Suburban ïmagînarîes àé ôŝô

Beyond e Naîon: Dîasporîc Fîîpîno îeraure and Queer Readîng Mà Jôŝé ôçé

Sînge: Argumens or e Uncouped Mçàé Çô

Brown Boys and Rîce Queens: Spebîndîng Perormance în e Asîas É-é 

Transormîng Cîîzensîps: Transgender Arîcuaîons o e aw ŝààç éŝ

he Deecabe Negro: Human Consumpîon and Homoeroîcîsm wîîn US Save Cuure vçé ôôà, Éé  Jûŝ Ā. Jôçé à D Ā. Mçé

Sexua Fuures, Queer Gesures and Oer aîna ongîngs Jûàà Màíà ôíûéz

Sensaîona Fes: Race, Power, and Masocîsm Āé Jàà Mûŝŝé

he Exquîsîe Corpse o Asîan Amerîca: Bîopoîîcs, Bîosocîaîy, and Posuman Ecoogîes àçé Ç. éé

hé Éûŝé Çôŝé ô Āŝà Āéçà

Bîopoîîcs, Bîosocîaîy, and Posuman Ecoogîes

àçé Ç. éé

a N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S New York and ondon

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éééçéŝ ô éé éŝéŝ (Ûŝ) éé àççûàé à é é ô . éé é àûô ô é ô Ûéŝ éŝŝ ŝ éŝôŝé ô Ûŝ à à àé éé ô çàé ŝçé é àûŝç àŝ éàé.

ISBN 978--798-77-9 (ààç) — ISBN 978--798-0978-3 ()

ô à ô Çôéŝŝ Çààô--ûçàô àà, éàŝé çôàç é à ô Çôéŝŝ.

é ô Ûéŝ éŝŝ ôôŝ àé é ô àç-éé àé, à é  àéàŝ àé çôŝé ô ŝé à ûà. é ŝé ô ûŝé éôéà éŝôŝé ŝûéŝ à àéàŝ ô é éàéŝ éé ôŝŝé  ûŝ ôû ôôŝ.

Màûàçûé  é Ûé Śàéŝ ô Āéçà

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Contents

Corpse  Blood Kidney LympHocytes

ôûçô: àŝ/àûô

. ô à Ççà ôôçà Śûéŝ éŝ Āéŝ é Qûéŝôŝ é Āŝ ŝ-À-ŝ àçé

 TeetH . hé Āŝàç, Āçôàç, à Āéàô ôôéŝ Feet  ô Çé-Çé û’ŝ Dàçé héàé Gamete Vagina . ûŝŝ àŝçŝ à éŝàç éŝ GI Tract  Parasite 4. Ééô’ŝ ôé ôŝ: Çéàçôôçà CHromosome  Éàééŝ  Āà ôŝ’ŝ çô

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Breasts Skin

 Tissue culture

. Ā Śéàŝ Āôàç ô Méà Dŝàéŝ: çàçéàô, éŝéçŝ, Āéç, à Éçŝ

. Āôôç Çôçûŝôŝ: ôôŝôŝ ô  àçé à é Éûŝé Çôŝé

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Pars/Parurîîon

à ô Wôé Çû ôû à. Çû. Śéé. ôû éé ô à ’çàûŝé ôû àéà ŝô-à ŝé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ŝéà é çû ôû jûŝ àé éôé é ôô é à . . . . hé é é é àé . . . . —ôŝ Ā àààà,Saurday Nîg a e Paaa heaer, 993

 éŝéç ô é ûà àŝ, ôàŝ, éûŝéŝ à é- ôŝ ôû àé é, éé . . . çàô ééé é à é ô ô éô ô éŝôŝ ééçûé é çàçéàé  Çéŝé ŝôŝ. —àûàé ô é ôŝé  “ô ôŝ” éô, éé Ééàéŝ,  ôé ô é é ô Śàé Āôé ééà’ŝ Ôîçé, 2008

ôŝ Ā àààà’ŝ ôé ŝééŝ, “àŝ,” çûé Saurday Nîg a e Paaa heaer, àûçéŝ à é çôà ààŝ ôé’ŝ ô ô çéà, çôô, à àŝ çé. é  é àzô àô—û ôé àdecînes ô ŝàç à éàé ŝûjéç ôû àŝ à ŝé ô à—éô ôéŝ ô é ŝééŝ é “hé à,” “hé àçé,” “hé ôŝ,” à “hé ôô”  ŝ ŝéàé’ŝ

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ô çôôéà ûéŝ—é “ŝ éààçé”—à é ô à ŝé  ŝ ûô ôéŝ  é éà é ôéŝç çôéŝ: “à é / ô ûç / ôû àçé ? / . . . ô é / ôû àŝŝ /  ôû ôô / à ô / à é àû. / hé ô / ôû àé’ŝ ŝŝ” (“hé àçé,” 66). Śéçô 3, “  àŝ,” éàŝ é ŝéàé’ŝ ôŝé éŝôŝé ô é àûé’ŝ ûéçé ô é àé: “ ôû à ô é é ŝ? / . . . Dô’ ôû éé à / àôû ŝ àà” (73).  é çûé é “hé Çàç,” é ŝéàé çôàŝ é —é àû- é, éŝûà—ô ŝû é ôû à ŝéà é ôé ŝ, é àà: “ôû ô  / ôû ôûà / û à é  / ŝ ôû ŝéà àŝ” (7). hé ôçàzé ô àŝ ŝ ô ôŝé ô é ôé ô ôŝé ô é àûé,  ô ô éŝé éàé ŝûjéçŝ àç ôé- ŝ ô é ôéŝ. é éŝé ŝàzàŝ éç çôjûé àéà ŝàôà àŝ é ô çà û é “ [ô] àŝ,” é ŝé ŝôçà ŝûçû ô àà’’ŝ ààô éçôô ç çôûéŝ ô ŝ ŝàé ô ààŝ. Āé ôéô àà’’ŝ Qûéé ’ûôàà  893, Āé- çà ŝŝôàéŝ à ûŝéŝŝé ûé éŝé àçïç ŝàŝ ô à àçéàô ô û à ŝûà ààôŝ. ûŝû à ŝàé ô é à çôûé, ààô ôéŝ éçûé ôéŝ ô éé àôŝ, çôû ô ûŝç à éç ééçéŝ ô éé çô- éçé àô ôàz. Ā é ŝàé é, ààô ôéŝééŝ ééé à àûàé ô çôà é ûûà ôôçé. ôçà  Éŝ—àŝŝéé ô Jààéŝé, àé ààà, ôûûéŝé, ààô, à Çéŝé éééŝ—é ôû ô éŝé çôôŝ. é  ŝ ôçà àéç, àààà’ŝ ôéç àôŝôé (.é., éç àéŝŝ ô à éŝô ô , ôé àŝé) ŝ ô é é éàé ô ôû ŝ ŝôçà ŝéçïç “àûàé ô çôà.” ô ŝ ô éôzàô ô   éàô ô éôé à é ôô- çà ô, é ôé’ŝ ŝçôûŝé—ŝ ŝééŝ ô éàéŝ—éôà- é ŝààé ŝ àûé ô “ôû” àŝ à ŝé çôôéà. é é çôjûé éŝô ô  (“  àŝ”) àéŝŝé  ŝ ôé ŝàŝ çôŝŝé, é ŝéàé  é ïà ôé ô ŝ ŝééŝ, ç çûéŝ é éçé ûôé  é éà, ŝçéŝ ô à ôé ô à ééàé éé—à “-éà-ô é” ô éàŝ à àç ô ŝé-çû. hŝ àçô àŝô àçéŝ é àôŝôé ŝûjéç  é ôà ô ççà éà. Éé ôû ŝ ïà ôé, é “à é

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àŝ Dô àôû Ā ô éŝé àŝ / Āçé ô à -éà-Ô é,” ŝŝ ŝ ŝéàé ô àû àé ô àôéŝçé à, éé ŝ ô éŝŝé-  ô é ôç ô àéàô. hé ôŝà, àé à é ôûŝé- ô, ô ôéŝ é éçô ô ôçéŝŝ ŝ ŝ:

àé é ééé. àé . . . . ûŝ û éé, é ééé,  ôû ŝéé é é à ô ôû éà. Śéà û— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ô à, éà é éé? ô àà, é à ŝé, ‘çàûŝé ôû é û. ôû ôé ô ô ô é?  ééé é ïŝ é   ŝ. é ŝô ôô . . . [é] é ôô ŝàé  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . àŝé é ûŝ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M àé ôô é éééç à à. hà àŝ é ïŝ é  ŝéé  ç. ô. ô éé ôé. é ô. é é ôô  ô é ŝéà. hé é é é àé  é ôô à é , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ŝé ô ô ô ûç ôû ôé é.

 éàô ô çôû éàéŝ  Āŝà Āéçàŝ ççŝ ô éé ééŝéàôà ûéŝŝ çôŝûéŝ é éôôçà ôà ô é ïé, àààà’ŝ ôé éàŝéŝ  é ôŝé ô ŝé-éàçé ééŝ- ŝô (à é àŝ çà éçŝé ô), û  é é éé ééàŝ