Bodies of Liminality: Mixed-Race Asian Americans in Exile and Performance traces the shifting identities of mixed-race artists of Asian descent who, though in physical or racial exile, crossed a myriad of national, geographic, and cultural borders to resist easy categorization and marginalization. Often erased from theater and dance histories, these doubly liminal artists crossed the porous boundaries of race and boldly claimed their place in American dance studios and professional theaters, innervating the development of modern dance, theater, and film in the twentieth century.