{"product_id":"surface-relations-9781478018995","title":"Surface Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivian L. Huang retheorizes the stereotype of inscrutability as a queer aesthetic strategy within contemporary Asian American cultural life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book provides an overflowing fountain of information on Asian American inscrutability. The artworks that are analyzed are provocative and eye-opening, and the depth of understanding that Huang has for the subject matter is unsurpassable. Overall, \u003ci\u003eSurface Relations\u003c\/i\u003e is the ideal text for anybody who wants to further their specific research on queer and feminist Asian American artistic expression.\" -- Shandy Frey * ARLIS\/NA Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Inscrutable Surfacing  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Invisibility and the Vanishing Point of Asian\/American Visuality  25\u003cbr\u003e 2. Silence and Parasitic Hospitality in the Works of Yoko Ono, Laurel Nakadate, and Emma Sulkowicz  47\u003cbr\u003e 3. Im\/penetrability, Trans Figuration, and Unreliable Surfacing  73\u003cbr\u003e 4. Flatness, Industriousness, and Laborious Flexibility  105\u003cbr\u003e 5. Distance, Negativity, and Slutty Sociality in Tseng Kwong Chi’s Performance Photographs  135\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Something Is Missing  165\u003cbr\u003e Notes  187\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  207\u003cbr\u003e Index  221","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409009942871,"sku":"9781478018995","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478018995.jpg?v=1730505076","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/surface-relations-9781478018995","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}