Table of Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments Preface: On Impersonation and the Nature of the Not-so-secret Agent PART I: IMPERSONATION AND STEREOTYPE Chapter One: Impersonation and Double Agency--Theorizing the Practice, Practicing the Theory Chapter Two: Dissecting the "Devil Doctor": Stereotype and Sensationalism in Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu Chapter Three: De/Posing Stereotype on the Asian American Stage PART II: DOUBLE AGENTS, DOUBLE AGENCY Chapter Four: Bodily Negotiations: The Politics of Performance in Hualing Nieh's Mulberry and Peach Chapter Five: Shamanism and the Subject(s) of History in Nora Okja Keller's Comfort Woman Chapter Six: Impersonation and Other Disappearing Acts: the Double(d) Agent of Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker Coda Works Cited Index

About the Author

Tina Chen is Assistant Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.

Reviews

"...Chen provides an intelligent, well-organized study that will be immediately useful in the field. With this book, the field of Asian American studies comes of age."--CHOICE "...the sophistication with which Chen develops her critical framework and the deftness of her close readings make Double Agency an insightful and influential addition to the field of Asian American literary and cultural studies." - Journal of Asian American Studies