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The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America: Biopolitics, Biosociality, and Posthuman Ecologies by Rachel C. Lee (review)

“discourse of racism”), and while readers might surmise that the visual has a particular utility for considering the biologization of race, this is never explicitly addressed. Finally, while I share Kim’s commitment to deconstructing entwined modes of power and exploitation concerning species and race, it is sometimes unclear what, precisely, an “ethics of mutual avowal” would entail in each of the three case studies, beyond open-mindedness to another perspective. What Kim does best in Dangerous Crossings is illustrate the impasse that results when animal and human oppression converge and conflict. With that in mind, Dangerous Crossings is an important contribution to ethnic studies and human-animal studies alike. Undergraduate readers will appreciate Kim’s careful attention to the ethical and cultural nuances of live animal markets in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Makah whaling, and dogfighting, while graduate students and scholars will benefit from her extensive local research as well as her insights into intertwined logics of race and animality in the context of neoliberal multiculturalism. The book is an invaluable addition to work at the crossroads of race and species. Theresa A. Kulbaga