Inhuman Citizenship: Traumatic Enjoyment and Asian American Literature

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Inhuman Citizenship This page intentionally left blank Inhuman Citizenship Traumatic Enjoyment and Asian American Literature Juliana Chang University of Minnesota Press minneapolis • london The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges financial assistance provided for the publication of this book from the English department, the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, and the Provost’s Office at Santa Clara University. An earlier version of chapter 1 was previously published as “Melancholic Remains: Domestic and National Secrets in Fae Myenne Ng’s Bone,” mfs: Modern Fiction Studies 51, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 110–33. Epigraph to the Introduction, “Ming the Merciless,” copyright 2002 by Jessica Hagedorn. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books. Copyright 2012 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chang, Juliana. Inhuman citizenship : traumatic enjoyment and Asian American literature / Juliana Chang. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-7443-5 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-8166-7444-2 (pb) 1. American literature—Asian American authors—History and criticism. 2. Asian Americans in literature. 3. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 4. American literature—21st century—History and criticism. 5. Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. 6. Melancholy in literature. I. Title. PS153.A84C465 2012 810.9´895073—dc23 2012030015 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 for Russell This page intentionally left blank ...