Paper performance : suspicion and Asian American archives /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kim, Ju Yon (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2026]
Series:	Asian America.
Subjects:	Asian Americans > Archives. Asian Americans > Government relations > History > Sources. Racism against Asians > United States > History > Sources. Public records > United States > History. United States > Race relations > History > Sources. États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > Sources. Américains d'origine asiatique > Relations avec l'État > Histoire > Sources. Racisme à l'égard des Asiatiques > États-Unis > Histoire > Sources. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : racial suspicion's paper performances
Archival dramaturgy : immigration interrogations and the scripts of Chinese exclusion
Distinguishing marks : colonial surveillance, descriptive cards, and other portraits
How to do things with blank forms : suspicious readers and the loyalty questionnaire
Registration dramas : theatricality, antitheatricality, and bureaucratic mimesis
The informant and the activist : performing Asian America through state surveillance
Epilogue : a melancholic attachment to paper.