Cover
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Note on Works Cited
Note on Asian Names
Setting the Stage
From the Exhibitionary Order to the Performative Order
Methodology and Scope
Organisation and Overview
Japan at San Francisco’s 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Japan in San Francisco
The Performance of Diplomacy: Sites of Encounter
Figure 1. Logo from “Loving Cup” dedicated to the Japanese Emperor
Site 1: Japanese Pavilions and Gardens: The Performing Spectator
Figure 2. Imperial Japanese Pavilion and gardens, PPIE, 1915
Figure 3. Kimono-clad woman in garden of Japanese concession
Figure 4. Bain family in the Japanese Garden
Figure 5. Women posing in the Japanese Garden
Figure 6. Schoolgirls at the groundbreaking of ‘Japan Beautiful’
Figure 7. Japanese Tea House with Mt. Fuji
Figure 8. Young women in kimonos in front of tea house
Figure 9. Max Wassman’s photo of two “Maids of Japan”
Figure 10. Japanese decorative items on display at PPIE
Site 4: Japanese Fine Arts
Japan as America Wants to See It
China at San Francisco’s 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition
America in China; China in America
Figure 11. Chinese officials at dedication of the Chinese Pavilion
Chinatown Goes to the Expo
Figure 12. Two young women at groundbreaking of the Chinese Village
Male Labour: Queer Clothing, Queer Food
National Self-Representation
Figure 13. Chinese government entrance from The Esplanade
Figure 14. Main pavilion on the Chinese government site
Figure 15. Hall of Audience, Chinese government site
‘Underground Chinatown’ and Chinese-American Identity
Figure 16. Chinatown Guide Book, 1939/40 New York World’s Fair
Japan at the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair
Diplomatic Performances of the Love-Fest Narrative
The Japanese Pavilion and the Feminine Face of Japan
Figure 17. Rendering of the Japanese Pavilion
Figure 18. Mikimoto Pearls brochure
Japan Day, 1939 and 1940
Figure 19. Flame of Friendship at World’s Fair
Performing Japan: Silk-Spinning Maidens and the Takarazuka Revue
Figure 20. Haru Higa at the World’s Fair
China at the Brisbane’s Expo ’88
Expo ’88: Free Enterprise and ‘Leisure in the Age of Technology’
China in Australia
The China Pavilion
Figure 21. Chinese Gate at Expo ’88
Figure 22. China pavilion stamp in Expo ’88 passport
Acrobat Diplomacy
Figure 23. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe
The Road to Tiananmen
The Philippines at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair
Breaking Ground: Filipiniana Fashion and the President’s Daughter
Figure 24. Governor Poletti at groundbreaking of Philippines pavilion
Figure 25. Reception following groundbreaking of Philippines Pavilion
Figure 26. Gloria Macapagal at fair function
The Pavilion: Performance of Hospitality
Figure 27. Postcard of the Philippines Pavilion
Figure 28. Annabelle Jeves “in native dress”
Figure 29. Folk dancing at the Philippines Pavilion
Philippine Week 1964: Fashion and Dance Collide
Indonesia at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair
Wayang Kulit, Dance and National Identity
A Modernist Pavilion: Tradition, and Girls, Girls, Girls
Figure 30. Model of the Indonesian Pavilion
Dancing the Traditional in the Modern and the Modern in the Traditional
Figure 31. Dance in the Indonesian Pavilion: Arjun vs. Buta Cakil
Figure 32. Spectators watching dance in the Indonesian Pavilion
Figure 33. Balinese kebyar termonpong dance in the Indonesian Pavilion
‘Girl Watching’ and the Legacy of the Indonesian Pavilion
South Korea at the 2015 Milan International Exposition
Setting the Stage: Soft Power, Foodways, and Milan
Hansik and the Pavilion Experience
Figure 34. Republic of Korea Pavilion at Milan Expo
Figure 35. Ascending the steps, Korea Pavilion
Figure 36. Obese man, Korea Pavilion
Figure 37. Emaciated child, Korea Pavilion
Figure 38. Hand-activated tabletop, Korea Pavilion
Figure 39. Fermentation gallery, Korea Pavilion
Korea Rocks Milan
The Spectral Presence of King Bhumibol at the 2015 Milan Exposition
Soft and Hard Power in the ‘Kitchen to the World’
Site 1: Encountering the ‘Golden Land’
Figure 40. Exterior, Thailand Pavilion, Milan Expo
Figure 41. Rich food resources, Thailand Pavilion
Figure 42. Iconic food dishes, Thailand Pavilion
Site 3: Encountering the Farmer King
Figure 43. Teacher talking to girl, Thailand Pavilion
Figure 44. King Bhumibol working tirelessly, Thailand Pavilion
On Power and Exiting though the Giftshop
Figure 45. Wall of microwaves, Thailand Pavilion
The Future of Asian Self-Representation at the International Exposition
Figure 46. Vista of shifting lights, China Pavilion, Milan Expo
Figure 47. President Xi Jinping, China Pavilion
Figure 48. Animated cartoon, China Pavilion
Figure 49. Live dancers, China Pavilion
Works Cited
Index