Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Establishing Shots xi
5. Intercut on :Asian Anus
6. 1 Anal Apocalypse: On the W/Hole of Asia and the Christian West 3
7. 2 Camp Scatology: A Comparative Study of Body (as) Waste in Japanese American Literature 22
8. Intercut on :Asian Penis
9. 3 Brush and Blade in East-West Cultures: Global Phallus, Colonial Acephalus 39
10. 4 Kung Fu Films in Diaspora: Death of Bamboo Hero 60
11. Intercut on: Asian Dubbing
12. 5 De/Alienation in Diasporic Dubbing/Rubbing of Maoist China 79
13. 6 Anime’s Atom Dialectic: From Trauma to Manna 97
14. Intercut on :the Korean Wave
15. 7 The O of Han Ju: Those Full, (Over)Painted Lips that Dare to Confess 113
16. 8 Tradition and/of Bastards in the Korean Wave 128
17. Intercut on: Body Oriental
18. 9 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Chopsticks” Musicals 143
19. 10 The Nine Lives of Blackhawk’s Oriental: Chop Chop, Wu Cheng, and Weng Chan 157
20. Intercut on Asian Magic
21. 11 Asian Immigrants with “Magical” Disabilities: Oriental Tongues and Bound Feet 189
22. 12 Dalai Lama Superstar: Mystery and Politics in Western Films and Narratives on Tibet 202
23. Intercut on Asian Deceased
24. 13 Hmong Refugee’s Death Fugue 217
25. 14 The Fad(k)ing of the 0.5 Generation: On Taiwanese and Chinese Retirees in the United States 238
26. Finis 255
27. Notes 257
28. Bibliography 275
29. Index 295