LEADER 04484nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910812007803321 005 20230801230041.0 010 $a1-4529-4702-3 010 $a0-8166-8212-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000324937 035 $a(EBL)1110050 035 $a(OCoLC)826854547 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000819928 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12364117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819928 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10855176 035 $a(PQKB)11727956 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001178053 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1110050 035 $a(OCoLC)824353676 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30022 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1110050 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10644784 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525572 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000324937 100 $a20120813d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInhuman citizenship$b[electronic resource] $etraumatic enjoyment and Asian American literature /$fJuliana Chang 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-7443-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Introduction: Inhuman Citizenship -- 1. Melancholic Citizenship: The Living Dead and Fae Myenne Ng's Bone -- 2. Shameful Citizenship: Animal Jouissance and Brian Ascalon Roley's American Son -- 3. Romantic Citizenship: Immigrant-Nation Romance, the Antifetish, and Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker -- 4. Perverse Citizenship: The Death Drive and Suki Kim's The Interpreter -- Coda -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"In Inhuman Citizenship, Juliana Chang claims that literary representations of Asian American domesticity may be understood as symptoms of America's relationship to its national fantasies and to the "jouissance"--a Lacanian term signifying a violent yet euphoric shattering of the self--that both overhangs and underlies those fantasies. In the national imaginary, according to Chang, racial subjects are often perceived as the source of jouissance, which they supposedly embody through their excesses of violence, sexuality, anger, and ecstasy--excesses that threaten to overwhelm the social order.To examine her argument that racism ascribes too much, rather than a lack of, humanity, Chang analyzes domestic accounts by Asian American writers, including Fae Myenne Ng's Bone, Brian Ascalon Roley's American Son, Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker, and Suki Kim's The Interpreter. Employing careful reading and Lacanian psychoanalysis, Chang finds sites of excess and shock: they are not just narratives of trauma; they produce trauma as well. They render Asian Americans as not only the objects but also the vehicles and agents of inhuman suffering. And, claims Chang, these novels disturb yet strangely exhilarate the reader through characters who are objects of racism and yet inhumanly enjoy their suffering and the suffering of others.Through a detailed investigation of "family business" in works of Asian American life, Chang shows that by identifying with the nation's psychic disturbance, Asian American characters ethically assume responsibility for a national unconscious that is all too often disclaimed. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAsian Americans in literature 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIdentity (Philosophical concept) in literature 606 $aMelancholy in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAsian Americans in literature. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIdentity (Philosophical concept) in literature. 615 0$aMelancholy in literature. 676 $a810.9/895073 686 $aLIT004030$aSOC043000$2bisacsh 700 $aChang$b Juliana$01619425 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812007803321 996 $aInhuman citizenship$93951641 997 $aUNINA