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Southwest Asia Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States Th is series publishes books that deepen and expand our understanding of Latina/o populations, especially in the context of their transnational relationships within the Americas. Focusing on borders and boundary- crossings, broadly conceived, the series is committed to publishing scholarship in history, fi lm and media, literary and cultural studies, public policy, economics, sociology, and anthropology. Inspired by interdisci- plinary approaches, methods, and theories developed out of the study of transborder lives, cultures, and experiences, these titles enrich our under- standing of transnational dynamics. Matt Garcia, Series Editor, Arizona State University, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies; and Director of Comparative Border Studies For a list of titles in the series, see the last page of this book. Southwest Asia THE TRANSPACIFIC GEOGRAPHIES OF CHICANA/O LITERATURE ✧ Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Sae-Saue, Jayson Ty Gonzales, author. Title: Southwest Asia : the transpacifi c geographies of Chicana/o literature/ Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue. Description: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016] | Series: Latinidad: transnational cultures in the United States | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2015035673| ISBN 9780813577173 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780813577166 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780813577180 (e-book (epub)) | ISBN 9780813577197 (e-book (web pdf)) Subjects: LCSH: American literature—Mexican American authors—History and criticism. | Mexican Americans—Asia. | Internationalism in literature. Classifi cation: LCC PS153.M4 S235 2016 | DDC 810.9/86872—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015035673 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Excerpts from Korean Love Songs from Klail City Death Trip by Rolando Hinojosa reprinted courtesy of the author. Copyright © 2016 by Jayson Ty Gonzales Sae-Saue All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Th e only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defi ned by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For my family—from all over the globe CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Th e Promise and Problem of Interracial Politics for Chicana/o Culture 1 1 Racial Equivalence and the Transpacifi c Geographies of Chicana/o Nationalism in Vietnam Campesino, Th e Revolt of the Cockroach People, and Pilgrims in Aztlán 23 2 Forging and Forgetting Transpacifi c Identities in Américo Paredes’s “Ichiro Kikuchi” and Rolando Hinojosa’s Korean Love Songs 45 3 Conquest and Desire: Interracial Sex in Daniel Cano’s Shift ing Loyalties and Alfredo Véa’s Gods Go Begging 65 4 Th rough Mexico and into Asia: A Search for Cultural Origins in Rudolfo Anaya’s A Chicano in China 91 5 Chinese Immigration, Mixed-Race Families, and China-cana Feminisms in Virginia Grise’s Rasgos asiáticos 111 Coda: Chicana/o Studies Th en and Now: Paradigms of Past and Future Critique 127 Notes 139 Bibliography 157 Index 171 vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In many ways, it feels awkward to list only my name as the author of this book. I do not pretend that it is a culmination of my solitary eff orts and thinking. Instead, this book is the reward of having had wonderful intel- lectual allies interested in the questions I brought to this project years ago, and the encouragement of dear friends who have supported me uncondi- tionally. I am indebted to all of you who have helped me along the way. First, I thank Anna Brickhouse and John-Michael Rivera for guiding me during my earliest years of literary study. I thank David Palumbo-Liu for his patience over the years as I negotiated (oft en incoherently) the sets of questions that I bring to bear in the following pages. I also thank Ramón Saldívar, who since day one expressed faith and a deep interest in this project. I cannot overstate how much of a privilege it has been to work with such a committed scholar. Th ank you, Jennifer Vargas, for the incalculable hours of stimulat- ing conversation on books and on life in general. You have always been and always will be a great friend and intellectual collaborator. I thank Lupe Carillo for her humor, intellect, and humility. Th anks to Elda María Roman, Ju-Yon Kim, and Nirvana Tanoukhi. Nigel Hatton, I thank you for your boundless energy and joy. I was lucky to have you when we entered graduate school together at Stanford University. I am just as fortunate to have you as colleague and friend years later. I have been equally privileged to be surrounded by a community of supportive colleagues at Southern Methodist University. Th ank you to Angela Ards, Greg Brownderville, Cara Diaconoff , Darryl Dickson-Carr, Th omas DiPiero, Ezra Greenspan, Michael Holohan, Ross Murfi n, Jasper Neel, Beth Newman, Timothy Rosendale, Martha Satz, Rajani Sudan, and Bonnie Wheeler. Collectively, you have created a space that is intellectu- ally productive. Also, it is fair to say that without the support and spirit of collegiality you have fostered in our department, this book would not have been written. I am especially grateful for, and humbled by, the many hours Steven Weisenburger, Nina Schwartz, Dennis Foster, Dan Moss, Richard ix x ✧ Acknowledgments Bozworth, Irina Dumitrescu, Tim Cassidy, Tim Albrecht, and Willard Spiegelman invested in reading early draft s of this book. Each has off ered invaluable suggestions on how to improve it and how to get it published. I would also like to thank Lisa Siraganian for taking a heavy pen to various iterations of this book during its early and latter stages. Moreover, I thank Lisa for her boundless encouragement. Indeed, I am fortunate to have landed at SMU. I do not write this lightly, but it has been made clear to me that an academic does not stay sane, much less productive, without smart, supportive, and caring colleagues. I am also pleased to acknowledge my graduate students whose queries and comments have helped me clarify my arguments over the years, espe- cially Kelly Evans, Anna Hilton, Summer Kokic, Seth McKelvey, Lauren Miskin, Anna Nelson, Christopher Stampone, and Meghan Tinning. I am also happy to be able to thank Benjamin Johnson, Andrew Graybill, Neil Foley, John Chavez, and Jaime Javier Rodriguez for sharing a deep regard for southwestern history and culture over the years. Th ank you, Luis Fraga, for your keen interest in this work, despite the vast disciplinary diff erences of our respective fi elds. Th ank you, Antonio Salazar, Esteban Villa, and Malaquías Montoya, not only for the rights to reproduce your art in this book, but also for the important contributions you have each made to Chicana/o communities during the last fi ve decades. Th ank you, Evelyn Hu-Dehart, for your pioneering interest in cross-racial matters at the US-Mexico border, and for your attention to my own take on transpa- cifi c issues. Th ank you, José Aranda Jr., Pricilla Ybarra, Krista Komer, and Christine Bold for helping to open up venues in which to share my work. And thank you to the special collections staff of the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the staff at the Nettie Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas. I am exceptionally grateful for Matt Garcia’s incredible interest and unyielding faith in the signifi cance of this book. I could never imagine that what started as a casual campus conversation about Chicana/o culture on a humid Arizona aft ernoon would develop into my having had the plea- sure to publish this book with Rutgers University Press. I am also especially thankful for Leslie Mitchner’s sharp attentiveness and scrupulous care, both of which have made it a pleasure to publish this book. I am equally grateful for Gary Von Euer’s and Jessi Aaron’s keen eyes during the editing process. I would also like to give special thanks to Claudia Sadowski-Smith and Maria Herrera-Sobek. Each of you has been a model of commitment to our fi eld and its evolution. Along the way, each of you has posed important questions and made invaluable suggestions that have helped me conceptualize this project.
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