Race and Resistance

• Introduction: A Crisis of Representation 1: On the Origins of Asian American Literature: The Eaton Sisters and the Hybrid Body 2: Wounded Bodies and the Cold War: Freedom, Materialism, and Revolution in Asian American Literature, 1946-1957 3: The Remasculinization of Chinese America: Race, Violence, and the Novel 4: Representing Reconciliation: Le Ly Hayslip and the Emblematic Victim 5: Queer Bodies and Subaltern Spectators: Guerrilla Theater, Hollywood Melodrama, and the Filipino (American) Novel Conclusion: Model Minorities and Bad Subjects Notes Bibliography Index

Race and Resistance raises questions about the current project of Asian American studies that are essential considerations for the future development of the field.