Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

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JESSICA TARAHATA HAGEDORN

Birthplace: Manila, Philippines Year ! "irth: #$%$ Year ! I&&i'ratin t (S: #$)* +San rancisc-E./catin: .i. nt atten. clle'e, "/t atten.e. the theater arts trainin' pr'ra& atthe A&erican Cnser0atr1 Theater, 2here she st/.ie. &/sic, actin', &artial arts,!encin' an. &ine3

Dra&a: Ch/i4ita BananaPetr15Prse:Anthl'ies:6Dan'er/s M/sic6Pet . an. Trpical Apparitins6Man' Tan'

Anthl'ies 2hich incl/.e her 2r7s:

6/r Y/n' 8&en3 E. 9enneth Re2rth6Ti&e t Gee;< Incantatins r& the Thir. 8rl.6A&erican Brn an. rei'n: An Anthl'1 ! Asian A&erican Petr16Brea7in' silence: An Anthl'1 ! Cnte&prar1 Asian A&erican Pets6The Open Bat: Pe&s r& Asian A&erica

N0els:6D'eaters6The Gan'ster ! =0e

E.itr:6Charlie Chan is Dea.: An Anthl'1 ! Cnte&prar1 Asian A&erican ictin

Pri;es: #$$* Natinal B7 A2ar. N&inatin !r D'eaters

ANA=YSIS:Des Ha'e.rn>s artistic an. literar1 2r7 "eln' t an Asian A&erican aesthetic? Theans2er t this 4/estin 0aries .epen.in' n h2 ne .e!ines the Asian A&ericanaesthetic, r 2hether r nt ne "elie0es the Asian A&erican aesthetic .es r sh/l.eist3 Pa/l P!ei!!er ar'/es that the .e0elp&ent ! an Asian A&erican aesthetic isnecessar1 t challen'e the ethncentris& an. ecl/si0eness ! the &ainstrea&3 Hecall !r an aesthetic 2hich is @tr/l1 c&&itte. t re0ealin' the c&pleit1 ! AsianA&erican eperiences3

In an i.eal 2rl., there 2/l. "e nt @races, n la"els "ase. /pn ar"itrar1 ph1sicalcharacteristics an. ass/&ptins ! 'e'raphic .escent that are i&pse. /pn 'r/ps! peple "1 certain &e&"ers ! sciet1 in p2er psitins3 A &/ltit/.e ! .i!!erent@c/lt/res 2/l. still eist, li7e t.a1, inter&i an. ' thr/'h rapi. chan'e, s it2/l. "e .i!!ic/lt t pinpint an aesthetic !r an entire 'r/p ! peple3 In an i.eal2rl., @The artist creates the aesthetics an. each ne is creatin' an aesthetics !his5her 2n +Ta& )- as art cns/ltant An.re2 Pe7ari7 el4/entl1 states3

One ! the !e2 ptins t 'ain a plitical 0ice is t &"ili;e as a sin'le lar'e plitical/nit, an. accept a la"el !r /rsel0es3 This acceptance als entails @a search !r aplace 2here 2e !eel sa!e t 2n an. epress /r 2n eperience an. alienatin !r&this c/lt/re, +M/ra *-3 Beca/se the art an. c/lt/re ! Asian A&ericans is

&ar'inali;e. "1 &ainstrea& tastes an. critics, the creatin ! an Asian A&ericanaesthetic is necessar1 !r Asian A&erican art t !l/rish3



! an at&i;e. in./strial sciet1, scenes ! ri"al. !esti0it1, se/al en6c/nters,ta"lea/ ! recllectins, 4/tatins !r& the &ass cn!ectins ! Hll12. tries ntt .0etail the past an. the present &eanin'!/l cn!i'/ratin "/t als inti&ates the!atal c1cle ! the 161 an. the repr./ctin ! the see&in'l1 eternal r/n. ! the@ret/rn ! the represse.3 8hat I a& tr1in' t 'et at is that this 2r7 atte&pts tren.er the eperience ! transitin, ! 2hat it &eans t li0e in an. thr/'h thecllisin ! cntra.ictr1 &.es ! pr./ctin in a histricall1 .eter&inate scial!r&atin .e!ine. "1 the clnial ne/s "et Phil an. (S3

8hat is pri0ile'e. here is the prcess ! transitin, nt the ter&inals ! ri'in an..estinatin3 That eperience ! /prtin', the s/"se4/ent str/''le !r s/r0i0altranslate. here as the recnstit/tin ! the !a&il1 r s&e anal'/e ! tra.itinalcnsan'/init1 in an alien en0irn&ent, an. 2ith it the cnstr/ctin ! the ne2 i.entit1,is /s/all1 .esi'nate. as the archet1pe ! the pstclnial eperience3

• Gan'ster ! l0e as anticlnial, c/nterhe'e&nic an. ppsitinal in &ti0ean. tels, 2hich is the @plitical /ncnsci/s ! the tet3

• 8hat &a7es the tet trans'ressi0e is its s/persessin ! the c/nterc/lt/ral c/lt! the s/perstars ! the )*s an. its ali'n&ent 2ith the scial &e&r1 ! theilipins in Cali!rnia cr1stalli;e. "1 her &ther>s illness an. .eath3

• The narrati0e "e'ins t shape a &.alit1 ! resistance t the c&&.i!1in'p2er ! the late6capitalist c/lt/re an. i.el'13 Its /ncnsci/s prect,s/"late. in the 0arie'ate. tet/re ! the prse an. its &Klan'e ! 'enres, is t&"ili;e the s/"&er'e. an. hi..en res/rces ! in.i'en/s !r&s ! li!e !r the'al ! pp/lar6natinal li"eratin3

• Rc71 Ri0era see7s t chart her li!e in a sciet1 .&inate. "1 theinstr/&entali;in' ri'r ! "/siness an. in.i0i./alist c&petitin3 There see&st "e a !etishis& ! place, a &etaphric 'e'prah1 ! c/lt/re, &.s, an.

eni'&atic persnalities, that tries t c&pensate !r the sec/lar /ni!r&ities !in./striali;e. sciet13• Her ".1 an. ps1che ha0e "een transprte. in ti&e an. place "/t preten.s

that it hasn>t happene.: her &ther an. relati0es c7 an. eat the nati0e !.s,tal7 the sa&e lan'/a'e, an. carr1 /t their c/st&ar1 2a1s3

• Rec'nitin ! the tr/th ! separatin

• Ha'e.rn 2ill atte&pt t 'rasp the .e!r&e., /ne0en, !ract/re. sciallan.scape i! the Philippines 2ith the apparat/s ! a sel!6re!lei0e aestheci;in'cnsci/sness, ne 2hich is itsel! a pr./ct ! the phen&enn ! i&perial0ilence it is tr1in' t 'rapple 2ith an. &aster3

• The s1&"l ! the Blac7 Lir'in &a1 "e interprete. as s1&"lic ! the en./rin'

hl. ! &1thical an. &a'ical thin7in' in the necln1 a&i.st a ratinali;in',sec/lari;e. "/siness en0irn&ent3• 9ei7 an. Marln: &icrcs&s ! e0enness3 This /ne0enness prec0ails in the

scic/lt/ral le0el as an e!!ect ! the .i0erse &.es ! pr./ctin an. its scialrelatins c6eistin' t'ether3

• On the le0el ! plitical si'ni!icance, it is the sta'in' ! h1"ri.it1 an. @in"et2een cn!l/ence ! si'ns, "ects, an. happenin's si'ni!ies /ne0en.e0elp&ent, the &st !/n.a&ental characteristic ! the 7in. ! eperienceshare. "1 s/"ects in &st clnial !r&atins36scic/lt/ral le0el as an e!!ect ! the .i0erse &.es ! pr./ctin an. its scialrelatins ceistin' t'ether36(n.erl1in' the c&ple scial !r&atin ! a peripheral, .epen.ent re'in, 2e

!in. the /tapsitin ! 0ari/s precapitalist r archaic &.es ! pr./ctin,the tri"/tar1 r !e/.al an. artisanal nes t'ether 2ith assrte. capitalist&.es, the &st 0isi"le ! 2hich are &ercantile r tra.in' an. its c&pra.r



"/siness3 A"sent is the in./strial !/nctin3 8hat is .&inant is the c&"inatin! the "/rea/cratic an. c&pra.r capitalis&s t 2hich e0er1thin' else iss/"r.inate3

• It is 2ithin the perspecti0e ! 'eplitical /ne0enness an. 0er.eter&inatinthat 2e can 'rasp the sin'/larit1 ! the literar15aesthetic &.e ! pr./ctin

epit&i;e. "1 Ha'e.rn>s 2r73• Ha'e.rn pr./ces chie!l1 !r a !irst 2rl. a/.ience, &re narr2l1 !r ali&ite. &/ltic/lt/ral a/.ience in /r"an ;nes3 She ee&pli!ies the practice !.e!inin' "1 the /ne0en scial !r&atin that is the cn.itin ! pssi"ilit1 !rher 7in. ! 2ritin'3

• Pstclnial rth.1 &an.ates the essentialis& r an1 4/est !r rts t "eprscri"e. in the sa&e "reath as s1ncretis& an. h1"ri.it1 are 0alri;e. an.&a.e "li'atr13 Ga1atri Spi0a7 cn'rat/lates hersel! !r repenin' the@episte&ic !ract/re ! i&perialis& 2ith/t s/cc/&"in' t a nstal'ia !r lstri'ins +- an. /r'es /s t atten. t the @archi0es ! i&perialist'0ernance3

• Ha'e.rn presents instea. an anat&1 ! the ilipin clni;e. !r&atin as an

archael'1 ! &/lti!ari/s si'ns all/.in' t se0eral peri.s r sta'es ! the.e0elp&ent ! the capitalist s1ste&3 8hat see&s t transcen. the "inar1ppsites ! the plitics ! "la&e an. the plitics ! c&passinthec&&nalit1 ! lss that &as7s clni;er an. clni;e. as c&plicit/s "inar1ppsites66 is precisel1 the n0el>s .ri0e t c/r" the 0erti'in/s ecess !heter'eneit1 "1 p/ttin' int 4/estin its !easi"ilit1 !r the ilipin s/"ect6n6trial3 That 2/l. &ean perpet/atin' /ne0en .e0elp&ent, 'lri!1in' the h1"ri.an. s1ncretic 2retche.ness pr./ce. "1 'l"al capitalis& an. its lcala'encies3

• POSTMODERN OPTIONS t Rc71 Ri0era>s search !r a c&&/nit1 that 2/l.s/"stit/te !r the eten.e. !a&il1 her &ther le!t in the necln1: the !irst is

9ei7 2ith her cha&elnic &as7s3 Secn. is Marln Ri0era, a ilipin 'a1 2hclai&s t ha0e pla1e. El0is Presle1>s si.e7ic73 He is the nl1 character 2h'rasps his niece>s i&placa"le "sessin3 Rc71 ri0era can nl1 &a7e sense !the cra;iness ! Isa"el D>An'e an. ..ities li7e her /tapsin' the& 2ith&0ie stars an. cele"rit1 !il&s ! the past: Marlene Dietrich, Greta Gar",Drth1 Dan.ri.'e, Ana Ma1 8n'3 This is sel!6i.enti!icatin achie0e. "1&etn1&1 an. &etaphr, the e!!ect ! lin'/istic &echanis&s 2r7in' nc&&ercial, &ass6pr./ce. c/lt/re in the /nite. States an. s/"stit/tin' !r7inship an. c&&/nit1 .e0al/e. in the peripher13

• MASS6MEDIATED IMAGES: The &0e !r& San rancisc t Ne2 Yr7 si'nals ashi!t !r& the &ther57in6centere. &ilie/ that &e.iates "et2een these&i!e/.al peripher1 an. the cre &etrplis t the arena ! an&icin.i0i./alis&, "et2een the lc/s ! ascriptin an. the site ! per!r&ance an.scial actin3

• Rc71>s "rea7/p 2ith El0is "e!re the secn. &i'ratin east2ar. pr&ptsRc71>s reectin ! the t2 ptins as incapa"le ! .ealin' 2ith pain3

• 8hate0er the se./ctins ! "r.ercrssin's an. ther "/n.ar1 0ilatins, theprtean pleas/res ! the c1"r', an. the !ree6!latin' h/"ris ! in.eter&inac1a!!r.e. "1 cns/&eris& an. the li"eral &ar7etplace, Rc71 Ri0era 7n2s thatit 2ill "e an r.eal t she. the &ar7ers ! s/"r.inatin an. .epen.enc13 Thesti'&a ! therness persists3 She cannt p/t asi.e @/n"eara"le 4/estins s/chas @8hat>s ilipin? 8hat>s a/thentic? 8hat>s in the "l.? Be!re she &0eseast an. sepates !r& her &ther, Rc71 &e.itates n this reprise !r the !irst

/prtin'3• E0catin ! the necln1 as the archet1pal lc/s ! incn'r/ities an.

.issnances, a &icrcs& ! ppsites li7e the sa.&aschistic !i'/re ! St3



Se"astian, &a1 "e a tactic ! eli.in' the .iscrepanc1 "et2een the h&elan.an. the place ! eile3 This &a1 "e calle. !r the 161 trpe that is nt anen.rse&ent ! pstclnial &/ltiplicit1 r interacti0e &/t/alit1 "et2een&aster an. ser0ant3 It is an atte&pt t transcen. the s1&"lic ecn&1 !!etishis& that .enies 2hat is a"sent an. "1 that t7en a!!ir&s it3

• The prtrait ! the Cara"a 9i. epl.es the &.el ! h1"ri.it1 as ne "ase. na !a"ric ! !etishes, hal!6tr/ths an. steret1pes3 The .rea&in' cara"a cannt.istance itsel! !r& the ill/sin that the Philippines an. the /nite. states are ne4/al !tin', a/tn&/s, 'epliticall1 in.epen.ent !r& each ther3 Thesectins @=st in Translatin see& li7e satiric pr!s n the pstclnial i.ea !translatin as a 2a1 ! ne'tiatin' the .istance "et2een ppresse. an.ppressr3

• The en/nciatin ! apparent si&ilarities an. a!!inities as .ecepti0e &a1 "eHa'e.rn>s 2arnin' that pstclnial eras/re ! cn!lict &a1 "e a .isser0ice tpeple ! clr, nt praise !r their a.apti0e res/rce!/lness3 @Crssin' thera. !r& the Philippines t the (nite. States is an act ! c'niti0e &appin' !present6.a1 neclnialis&, als calle. 'l"ali;atin3 The s1&"lic 161 enacts

this &appin' in ter&s ! an eas1 c&pr&ise "et2een eile an. ret/rn3 The 161 as @/n'le 2eapn als rea!!ir&s a certain nati0e in'en/it1 an. resiliencethat .istin'/ishes his li!e /n.er 2estern s/r0eillance an. .i7tat3 This i&plicitnatinalis& !in.s itsel! s/"li&ate. in the the&es ! 1/th re0lt an. the artist>se./catin an. str/''le t !r'e an i.entit1 /tsi.e ! the ethnic5racial an. class.eter&inatins ! her ri'in3

• THE JIMI HENDRI EMB=EM: !!ers the 7e1 t speci!1 the prect ! this anti6pstclnial tet3 Hen.ri &a1 "e cnstr/e. as e&"le& ! the rc7 !esti0al !the sities, the ccasin pr0i.in' the eperience ! c&&/nit1 that the &/sicepresse. aestheticall13 This eperience is a rene2al ! tr/st, ! the sense !pssi"ilit1, the har&n1 "et2een p/"lic an. pri0ate li!e, the sense ! hnest1

an. a/thenticit13 Hen.ri 2as ne ! the c/lt stars 2h prclai&e. a /tpia2ith/t str/''le, !/n.e. n the i&&e.iac1 ! pleas/re an. sli.arit13 Rc71>s"an. see7s t i&itate that aesthetic, th/'h n2 in!r&e. 2ith a s&e2hatc1nical t/'hness an. p/n7>s ps1che.elic pla1!/lness: @Cn' t.a1, &ne1t&rr23 8hile Rc71 sal/tes Hen.ri in @O/r M/sic =essn # she alscn!esses a certain .istance3 r Ha'e.rn>s 'eneratin, Hen.ri represents the1/n' &art1r .1in' 1/n', the .&e. /tsi.er 2h per!r&s the rit/alsacri!ice t prpitiate the '.s r r.er3 Ha'e.rn>s n0el is ne ln' ele'1 tthe .e&ise ! rc7 c/lt/re>s internatinalis& as a strate'1 !r 0erthr2in'/3s352estern i&perial he'e&n1 0er the ppresses an. eplite. &asses3

• 8hen Rc71 ret/rns t the Philippines, she is n ln'er /st an islate.in.i0i./al3 She "ec&es a cllecti0e presence, hl.in' in a c&psite an.

s1nthesi;in' trpe the .isperse. an. !ra'&ente. li0es ! 'eneratins !ilipins 2hse chie! clai& t .istinctin is their /nrelentin' p/rs/it !happiness an. their e4/all1 ineha/sti"le capacit1 t s/!!er3

• There is n nstal'ia !r a ret/rn ! an i.1llic an. inncent past3 There is neas1 r/te t Arca.ia r a re&te classless /tpia3 8e are in the ;ne !acc/ntin' !r .i!!erence as a s1&pt& ! /ne4/al p2er relatins "et2een thehe'e&nic i&perial p2er an. the clni;e., this ti&e transc.e. int the.ecline ! patriarchal a/thrit1 2hse e&"le& is the .1in' rancisc Ri0era an.the anticipate. e&p2er&ent ! the &thers3 This e0ent/alit1 ta7es place inthe @2ea7 lin7s ! /ne0en .e0elp&ent, precisel1 2here the la1ers !te&pralities . nt cinci.e an. .0etail, 2here r/pt/res an. "rea7s an.

.iscntin/ities persist in repr./cin' cn!licts, as1&&etries an. .iscr.s thatpen /p the space !r 'rassrts pp/lar inter0entin3 This n0el presents /s



2ith an alle'r1 ! h2 s/ch a space can &ateriali;e in the interstices !alienatin, .isplace&ent, an. .e!eats3

Stephanie achare73 Re0ie2 ! the The Gangster of Love3http:552223saln3c&5snea7s5snea7pee7s$)*#)3ht&l

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The Gan'ster ! =0e &0es !r2ar. in a .isinte. tan'le ! liaisns an./nc/plin's, !a&il1 s4/a""les an. heart"rea7, all intersperse. 2ith .rea&se4/ences, i&a'inar1 enc/nters 2ith Ji&i Hen.ri an. lre a"/t the 1613

The "7 has a c/ri/sl1 slac7 rh1th&3 Ra''e., !/n71, an. &ean3 in'erssnappin', &enacin' an. cl3 It 0er'es n ca&p, "/t 2e . it 2ith a strai'ht!ace3 That>s 2h1 it 2r7e.3

=/c1 Mae San Pa"l B/rns (NILERISTY O MASSACH(SETTES AT AMHERST• Ha'e.rn is &re rea.1 t eplre /ni0ersal the&es s/ch as the !ear !

'r2in' l., the ine0ita"ilit1 ! .eath, the p/;;lin' nat/re ! l0e, thec&!rt ! the n/clear an. eten.e. !a&il13

• Rc71>s ps1che.elic str1 careens acrss the pa'es in slic7 an. /ntra.itinal

!r&s: &/ltiple pints ! 0ie2, .rea&s an. hall/cinatins, an i&a'inar1@shrt starrin' El0is, Rc71 an. Ji&i Hen.ri3 The l.er 'eneratin 'a&el1tries t in./l'e the 1/n'er in &atters ! lan'/a'e an. appearance, "/t.ra2s the line in plain tal7 a"/t the .r/' 0er.se3

• S/"stantiall1 a n0el ! .eep a!!ectin +!a&il1 an. !rien.s-

• A&/sin', an. ccasinall1 ill/&inatin' "/t !tenti&es 'in' n2here3

• Anticlnial n0el

• (ne0en .e0elp&ent

• Mass6&e.iate. i&a'es

• Ji&i Hen.ri e&"le&

• The ret/rn ! Rc71 Ri0era

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