Minor Character, Minority Orientalisms, and the Borderlands of Asian America

Draws an interpretation of minority Orientalism texts spotlights the figure of Asian or Asian American as a minor character who functions to clarify the comparative and asymmetrical nature of racial exclusion. In order to do so, the author explores the ways in which Alejandro Morales figures the futuristic Asian American subject within his novel The rag doll plagues (1992). [IBSSMB] Reprinted by permission of University of Minnesota Press