The exquisite corpse of Asian America : biopolitics, biosociality, and posthuman ecologies / Rachel C. Lee.
| Author/creator | Lee, Rachel C., 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : New York University Press, [2014] |
| Description | v, 325 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sexual cultures Sexual cultures. ^A414743 |
| Contents | Corpse Blood Kidney -- Introduction: Parts/Parturition 1 -- Lymphocytes -- 1 How a Critical Biopolitical Studies Lens Alters the Questions We Ask vis-à-vis Race 39 -- Teeth Feet Gamete -- 2 The Asiatic, Acrobatic, and Aleatory Biologies of Cheng-Chieh Yus Dance Theater 66 -- Vagina Gi Tract -- 3 Pussy Ballistics and Peristaltic Feminism 97 -- Parasite Chromosome -- 4 Everybody's Novel Protist: Chimeracological Entanglements in Amitav Ghosh's Fiction 126 -- Head -- 5 A Sideways Approach to Mental Disabilities: Incarceration, Kinesthetics, Affect, and Ethics 161 -- Breasts Skin -- 6 Allotropic Conclusions: Propositions on Race and the Exquisite Corpse 210 -- Tissue Culture: Tail Piece 245. |
| Abstract | Addresses this central question: if race has been settled as a legal or social construction and not as biological fact, why do Asian American artists, authors, and performers continue to scrutinize their body parts? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-311) and index. |
| LCCN | 2014024570 |
| ISBN | 9781479817719 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1479817716 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781479809783 (pb ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1479809780 (pb ; alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E184 .A75 L449 2014 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |