Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Broken Body: Situating Trauma in the Visual Cultures of Cambodia and Its Diaspora 12
7. 2. Scarred Resilience: The Legacy of the United States’ Secret Bombing of Cambodia 37
8. 3. Portraits of a Dictator: Khmer Rouge Ideology and the Politics of Aesthetics 59
9. 4. Of Krama and Khmer Identity: The Land Where the Sugar Palm Trees Grow 80
10. 5. Performing Khmer Cultural Identity: The Tale/Tail of the Serpent Princess 103
11. Conclusion 123
12. Notes 129
13. Selected Bibliography 153
14. Index 161