A race so different : performance and law in Asian America

• Acknowledgments

• Introduction: Performance, Law, and the Race So Different

• 1 "That May Be Japanese Law, but Not in My Country": Madame Butterfly and the Problem of Law

• 2 "Justice for My Son": Staging Reparative Justice in Ping Chong's Chinoiserie

• 3 Pledge of Allegiance: Performing Patriotism in the Japanese American Concentration Camps

• 4 The Nail That Stands Out: The Political Performativity of the Moriyuki Shimada Scrapbook

• 5 Illegal Immigrant Acts: Dengue Fever and the Racialization of Cambodian America

• Conclusion: Virtually Legal

• Notes

• Bibliography

• Index.

"Legal history, theater, and everyday performance come together in this illuminating, profound, and intrepid study." - Josephine Lee, University of Minnesota.*