1 “That May Be Japanese Law, but Not in My Country”: Madame Butterfly and the Problem of Law

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Performance, Law, and the Race So Different 1
5. 1 “That May Be Japanese Law, but Not in My Country”: Madame Butterfly and the Problem of Law 27
6. 2 “Justice for My Son”: Staging Reparative Justice in Ping Chong’s Chinoiserie 67
7. 3 Pledge of Allegiance: Performing Patriotism in the Japanese American Concentration Camps 96
8. 4 The Nail That Stands Out: The Political Performativity of the Moriyuki Shimada Scrapbook 133
9. 5 Illegal Immigrant Acts: Dengue Fever and the Racialization of Cambodian America 174
10. Conclusion: Virtually Legal 204
11. Notes 217
12. Bibliography 241
13. Index 259