Full Description
The book examines new representations of diasporic Chinese femininity emerging from Asia Pacific modernities since the late twentieth century.
Contents
IntroductionSensing the Chinese Exotic; II: Cross Over; 2. Spies, Vamps and Women Warriors: Translating the Exotic into the Technics of Chinese Femininity; III: Ornament; 3. Ethnic Supplementarity and the Ornamental Text: Asian American and Asian Australian Diasporic Literary Production; IV: Region; 4. From the Chinese Exotic to the Asian Exotic: Critical Regionalism and Pop Culture Asianism; Conclusion: Heliotropic Manoeuvres; Notes; Filmography; Bibliography; Index.
