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A beautifully written and original discussion of Asian American performance and the politics of the everyday. The Racial Mundaneillustrateshow Asian Americans, whether historically marginalized or celebrated as model minorities, have come into the public eye, and will surely open up important new dialogues on Asian American culture and racial representation. -Josephine Lee, author of Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage

Impressive and compelling, The Racial Mundane defamiliarizes everyday behaviors in order to expose the racial formation of Asian Americans. In this beautifully rendered, standout book, Ju Yon Kim breaks new ground, opening the theoretical framework of race and performance in original and exciting ways. -Shannon Steen,author of Racial Geometries of The Black Atlantic, Asian Pacific, and American Theatre A beautifully written and original discussion of Asian American performance and the politics of the everyday. The Racial Mundane illustrates how Asian Americans, whether historically marginalized or celebrated as model minorities, have come into the public eye, and will surely open up important new dialogues on Asian American culture and racial representation. -Josephine Lee,author of Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage

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Ju Yon Kim is an Associate Professor of English at Harvard University.

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