Chapter 3 ‘‘We’come a Chinatowng, Folks!’’ Resisting Abjection

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction ‘‘It’s not right for a body to know his own origins,’ 1
5. Chapter 1 ‘‘I should be—American!’’ Abjection and the Asian (American) Body 23
6. Chapter 2 ‘‘The dance that’s happening’’ Performance, Politics, and Asian American Theatre Companies 57
7. Chapter 3 ‘‘We’come a Chinatowng, Folks!’’ Resisting Abjection 77
8. Chapter 4 ‘‘I’ll be here . . . right where you left me’’ Mimetic Abjection/Abject Mimicry 99
9. Chapter 5 ‘‘Whose history is this, anyway?’’ Changing Geographies in Ping Chong’s East-West Quartet 129
10. Afterword ‘‘Then we’ll have drama,’’ 159
11. Notes 165
12. References 179
13. Index 189