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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782982403321

Titolo

Embodying Asian/American sexualities [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gina Masequesmay and Sean Metzger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49417-1

9786612494178

0-7391-3351-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MaséquesmayGina

MetzgerSean <1973->

Disciplina

305.30973

306.76089950

Soggetti

Asian Americans - Sexual behavior

Asian Americans - Attitudes

Asian Americans - Race identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Embodying Asian/American Sexualities; Chapter 1. The Rice Room: Scenes from a Bar; Chapter 2. Pornography and Its Dis/Contents; Chapter 3. The One that She Wants: Margaret Cho, Mediatization, and Autobiographical Performance; Chapter 4. Novell-aah!: A Short Play; Chapter 5. And the Crow Cries Before He Dies; Chapter 6. Queer Theory and Anti-Racism Education; Chapter 7. The Anxiety over Borders; Chapter 8. An Interview with Pauline Park; Chapter 9. Public Agendas and Private Struggles

Chapter 10. Family, Citizenship, and Selfhood in Luong Ung's First They Killed My FatherChapter 11. Homosexuality and Korean Immigrant Protestant Churches; Chapter 12. Finding Fellatio; Chapter 13. Ghosts; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Embodying Asian/American Sexualities is an accessible reader designed for use in undergraduate and graduate American studies, ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, and performance studies classes as well as for a general public interested in related issues. It contains both overviews of the field and scholarly interventions into a range of



topics, including history, literature, performance, and sociology.