Research Catalog

Title

Chang and Eng reconnected [electronic resource] : the original Siamese twins in American culture / Cynthia Wu.

Author

Wu, Cynthia, 1973-

Publication

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xiii, 203 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Chang and Eng reconnected (Online)

Alternative Title

Chang and Eng reconnected (Online)

Subject

• Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874 > In literature
• Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874 > In literature
• Conjoined twins in literature
• American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
• American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
• Literature and society > United States
• Popular culture > United States
• Asian Americans in literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Pt. 1. Material traces in the archive -- Labor and ownership in the American South -- Solving the mystery of their union -- Strange Incursions into medical science at the Mutter Museum -- Pt. 2. Reading literature and visual cultures -- Late-nineteenth-century visions of conflict and consensus -- Asian Americans bare/bear the hyphen -- Disciplining and normalizing the woman subject in contemporary literature and film Pt. 3. Observing and participating -- Our esteemed ancestors.

LCCN

2012008892

OCLC

ssj0000747505

Author

Wu, Cynthia, 1973-

Title

Chang and Eng reconnected [electronic resource] : the original Siamese twins in American culture / Cynthia Wu.

Imprint

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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