Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. FOREWORD vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiv
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART ONE Performing Asian American Rhetoric in Context
7. 1 TRANSNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN RHETORIC AS A DIASPORIC PRACTICE 25
8. 2 REEXAMINING THE BETWEENWORLDS TROPE IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMPOSITION STUDIES 41
9. 3 ASIAN AMERICAN RHETORICAL MEMORY AND A “MEMORY THAT IS ONLY SOMETIMES OUR OWN” 62
10. 4 LISTENING FOR LEGACIES 83
11. 5 LEARNING AUTHENTICITY 106
12. 6 RELOCATING AUTHORITY 127
13. 7 RHETORIC OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN SELF 153
14. PART TWO “Translating” and “Transforming” Asian American Identities
15. 8 “ARTFULBIGOTRY & KITSCH” 175
16. 9 BEYOND “ASIAN AMERICAN” AND BACK 198
17. 10 ON THE ROAD WITH P. T. BARNUM’S TRAVELING CHINESE MUSEUM 218
18. 11 REREADING SUI SIN FAR 244
19. 12 MARGARET CHO, JAKE SHIMABUKURO, AND RHETORICS IN A MINOR KEY 266
20. 13 “MAYBE I COULD PLAY A HOOKER IN SOMETHING!” 279
21. 14 LEARNING ASIAN AMERICAN AFFECT 293
22. AFTERWORD 323
23. INDEX 333
24. CONTRIBUTORS 338