Abstract In Asian American literature and drama, the pursuit of identity was at the forefront of discussion for much of the twentieth century. More and more frequently Asian American voices from the LGBTQ community have addressed intersectionality in established narratives. As issues of identity and intersectionality converge, postmodernity becomes a useful lens through which to examine the elements of this task. In Chay Yew’s plays entitled Porcelain and A Language of Their Own, the status of Asian identities in the Western world is not given a sure footing, but rather it is placed in a state of confusion. In Porcelain, this confusion stems from the tension between objective truth and the postmodern phenomenon of media-fueled panic. In A Language of Their Own, similar confusion arises between the subjective and performative conveying of meaning in language. These contrasting elements serve to highlight the postmodern search for identity among Asian men living in the Western world, where the complexities of identity are compounded by the subjectivity of truth.

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Chay Yew 瓷器中真理和语言的延展性和他们自己的语言

摘要 在亚裔美国文学和戏剧中，在 20 世纪的大部分时间里，对身份的追求一直处于讨论的前沿。来自 LGBTQ 社区的亚裔美国人的声音越来越频繁地解决了既定叙事中的交叉性问题。随着身份和交叉性问题的融合，后现代性成为一个有用的镜头，通过它来检查这项任务的元素。在柴友的戏剧《瓷器和他们自己的语言》中，亚洲身份在西方世界的地位并没有确定的基础，而是处于一种混乱的状态。在《瓷器》中，这种混淆源于客观真相与媒体引发的恐慌的后现代现象之间的紧张关系。用他们自己的语言，语言中主观意义和述行意义的表达之间也出现了类似的混淆。这些对比元素突出了生活在西方世界的亚洲男性对身份的后现代探索，在那里，身份的复杂性与真理的主观性相结合。