Inhuman Citizenship: Traumatic Enjoyment and Asian American Literature

by Juliana Chang

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In Inhuman Citizenship, Juliana Chang claims that literary representations of Asian American domesticity may be understood as symptoms of America's relationship to its national fantasies and to the "jouissance"--a Lacanian term signifying a violent yet euphoric shattering of the self--that both overhangs and underlies those fantasies. In the national imaginary, according to Chang, racial subjects are often perceived as the source of jouissance,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816674442

ISBN13:9780816674442

Release Date:October 2012

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

Asian American Studies Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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