Cheng, Anne Anlin
Ornamentalism
- ISBN 13:
- 9780197599778
- author:
- Cheng, Anne Anlin
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press Inc
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.5 x 1.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Feminism & Feminist Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Ornamentalism by Anne Anlin Cheng offers a fresh and nuanced theory about Asiatic femininity in western culture. By exploring the cultural conflation between the "oriental" and the "ornamental", this study challenges existing vocabulary around objectification and Orientalism, instead formulating a more precise understanding of the representation, circulation, and ontology of Asiatic femininity. This book provides a new framework for conceptualizing race and gender, one that moves beyond traditional notions of flesh or skin. Cheng traces a direct link between the construction of modern personhood in Western culture and the emergence of synthetic personhood in the 19th to 21st centuries, revealing how Asian femininity has played a central role in shaping our understanding of personhood. Through its interdisciplinary approach, drawing on fields such as feminism, critical race theory, visual culture, performance studies, and legal studies, Ornamentalism provides a deeper understanding of what it means to exist as a "person-thing" within the complexities of American culture.
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