{"product_id":"inhuman-citizenship-traumatic-enjoyment-and-asian-american-literature-paperback-softback-9780816674442","title":"Inhuman Citizenship; Traumatic Enjoyment and Asian American Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816674442","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInhuman Citizenship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTraumatic Enjoyment and Asian American Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJuliana Chang (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816674442\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 October 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eInhuman Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, which they supposedly embody through their excesses of violence, sexuality, anger, and ecstasy-excesses that threaten to overwhelm the social order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo examine her argument that racism ascribes too much, rather than a lack of, humanity, Chang analyzes domestic accounts by Asian American writers, including Fae Myenne Ng’s \u003ci\u003eBone\u003c\/i\u003e, Brian Ascalon Roley’s \u003ci\u003eAmerican Son\u003c\/i\u003e, Chang-rae Lee’s \u003ci\u003eNative Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e, and Suki Kim’s \u003ci\u003eThe Interpreter\u003c\/i\u003e. Employing careful reading and Lacanian psychoanalysis, Chang finds sites of excess and shock: they are not just narratives of trauma; they produce trauma as well. They render Asian Americans as not only the objects but also the vehicles and agents of inhuman suffering. And, claims Chang, these novels disturb yet strangely exhilarate the reader through characters who are objects of racism and yet inhumanly enjoy their suffering and the suffering of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a detailed investigation of “family business” in works of Asian American life, Chang shows that by identifying with the nation’s psychic disturbance, Asian American characters ethically assume responsibility for a national unconscious that is all too often disclaimed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Inhuman Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Melancholic Citizenship: The Living Dead and Fae Myenne Ng’s \u003ci\u003eBone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2. Shameful Citizenship: Animal Jouissance and Brian Ascalon Roley’s \u003ci\u003eAmerican Son\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. Romantic Citizenship: Immigrant–Nation Romance, the Antifetish, and Chang-rae Lee’s \u003ci\u003eNative Speaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. Perverse Citizenship: The Death Drive and Suki Kim’s \u003ci\u003eThe Interpreter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCoda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570079068440,"sku":"9780816674442","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/inhuman-citizenship-traumatic-enjoyment-and-asian-american-literature-paperback-softback-9780816674442","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}