Acknowledgments ix I. Unlikely Propositions: A Trio of Introductions Introduction 1. Book Proposal 3 Introduction 2. A (Speculative) Faculty Activity Report 18 Introduction 3. Lesson Plans 44 II. Minor Genres and the Shadow Archive Free Agents?: Statement of Purpose 67 Minor Genres of Academic Writing and the Shadow Archive: PowerPoint Presentation 70 Working As/Through Alien Form: An Annotated Bibliography 84 Global Asias: Method, Architecture, Praxis. An Annotated Essay 127 What If, If Only, and If This Goes On: Reimagining Scholarly Activity Through Global Asias Practice. Statement of Endeavors 151 III.
Alien Abduction, Alien Form Alien Abduction, Alien Form. Conference Paper 159 Syllabus 1. AlieNation: Asian American Literatures 165 Syllabus 2. Speculative Fictions: Worldbreaking, Worldtaking, Worldmaking 169 Syllabus 3. Cnotemporary Ethnic American Literatures: Reading Beyond Race 177 Alien Abduction, Alien Form: Research Essay 186 Coda. Editorial Dossier 211 Appendix 245 References 253 Index.