Kinesthetic City

In Kinesthetic City, author SanSan Kwan explores the contentious nature of Chineseness in diaspora through the lens of moving bodies as they relate to place, time, and identity. She locates her study in five Chinese urban sites--Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, New York''s Chinatown, and the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles--at momentous historical turning points to parse out key similarities and dif...