Scrutinized!: Surveillance in Asian North American Literature

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction: Under Scrutiny 1 2 Racial Playgrounds: Illusion and Danger in Don Lee’s Country of Origin 28 3 The Conspicuous Subjects of Interracial Spaces in Nina Revoyr’s Southland 48 4 Persistent Vigilance and Racial Longing in Choi’s Person of Interest and Kim’s The Interpreter 68 5 Intimate Details: Scrutiny and Evidentiary Photographs in Kerri Sakamoto’s The Electrical Field 96 6 Double Surveillance in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist 112 7 Conclusion 134 Notes 139 Works Cited 159 Index 171 ...