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Final Research Paper

Primary Source: M. Butterfly by David Hwang (1988).

Secondary Sources

http://bcethniclit.pbworks.com/w/page/107126778/The%20Point%20of%20It%20All

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1145993#.VvxcsTlMiRE.gmail

Vision of the Orient.pdf

Butterfly and the Rhetoric of Antiessentialism.pdf

"Who Gets to Be Gay, Who Gets to Be Asian".pdf

Potential Artifact

Picture of Gallimard and Song from the movie M. Butterfly (1993).

This picture shows power in a subtle way. Look at how Gallimard is grasping Song's neck. He is asserting his dominance over her/him. He is pulling Song in for a kiss, but it is more than that. Only the "dominant" person will hold the "submissive" in that way. He is satisfying his need for power by trying to get "on top of" Song.