Adorno, Theodore, 249

Ai, Xiaoming, 236, 253, 254, 236n13

Althusser, Louis, 176, 190

Anderson, Benedict, 22–25, 36, 37

Ang, Ien, 41–44

Asian American literature, xvi, xvii, 6, 55, 85, 88

authenticity, 40, 88, 92, 148, 157

cultural production, 151

discourses of, 40

ethnic, 84, 88

politics of, 71

inauthenticity, 155, 156, 169

autobiography, 58, 60, 62–64, 71, 75, 90, 142

Christianity and, 63, 64

ethnic autobiographer, 63, 64

gender (female/male autobiography), 59, 60, 71–73, 75

genre (fiction), 60, 75, 90–92

race, 63, 64, 73, 74

A-wu, Liglav, 274

Bai, Ye, 159

Ballad of Everlasting Sorrow,, 127, 128, 165

Barlow, Tani (national woman), 163

Beauty Writer (meinu zuojia), xii, 134, 138, 140, 141

criticism, xix, xx, 7, 150, 171, 201

in media, 140–142, 147

internet, 146, 147

Wei Hui as, 141

Beigang Incense Burner, The,, 175–77, 179, 181, 184–187, 190, 192, 196–198, 201–203, 207, 208, 214–16, 228

“Beigang Incense Burner,”, 177, 214, 225–28

“Bloody Sacrifice,”, 177, 178, 199, 200, 219, 220

“The Devil with a Chastity Belt,”, 177, 191, 199, 214, 216–19

“The Empty Mourning Hall,”, 177, 196, 197, 199, 214, 221–24

Beigang Incense Burner Incident. See Li Ang

Benjamin, Walter, 248, 249

Bhabha, Homi K., 23, 24

Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman,, 30

body

female, xii–xix, 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 25, 27–29, 34, 84, 93–98, 113, 120, 121, 128, 134, 137, 139, 145, 146, 160–67, 170, 172–74, 175–77, 202, 214, 215, 220, 225, 226, 228, 260, 261, 264, 265, 270

female, Chinese American, 7, 64, 66, 70, 71, 73, 84

female, colonial/racial, 32–34

politics, 182–84, 188, 189, 202, 226–28, 258, 261

soul, and, 123, 133

writing, (and), 137, 138, 140, 141, 144, 167, 170, 173

Bow, Leslie, 27, 80, 81, 84