Embodying Asian/American Sexualities

This book is conceived as a reader for use in American studies, Asian/American studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender studies, performance studies, and queer studies. It also contains new scholarship on Asian/American sexualities that will be useful for faculty and students. In particular, this volume highlights-materials that receive little academic attention, such as works on Southeast Asian migrants, mixed-race cultural production, and Asian/American pornography. As an interdisciplinary anthology, this collection weaves together various forms of "knowledge"-autobiographical accounts, humanistic research, community-based work, and artistic expression. Responsive to the imbrication of knowledge and power, the contributors aspire to present a diverse sample of discourses that construct Asian/American bodies. As Elizabeth Grosz noted over a decade ago, feminist theory, and gender and sexuality studies more generally, "has tended, with some notable exceptions, to remain uninterested in or unconvinced about the relevance of refocusing on bodies in accounts of subjectivity." The contributors here attempt to address this concern by maintaining that the body serves as the primary interface between the individual and the social. Book jacket.

Gina Masequesmay is associate professor in the Asian American studies department at California State University-Northridge. Sean Metzger is assistant professor of English and theater studies at Duke University.