was Yellowface a prophecy? a brief history of literary asian-fishing

is R.F. Kuang a prophet? or is impersonating Asian people just a time-honored literary tradition?

SOURCES:
[the Google doc expose is no longer accessible to protect the privacy of the Asian friend, but ‪@withcindy‬ has a thorough recap video]
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/...
https://www.theatlantic.com/internati...
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-...
https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/t...
https://publishingperspectives.com/20...

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - intro
01:08 - Yellowface by R.F. Huang
02:30 - “KIM CHI” aka Kim Crisci
06:08 - George Psalmanazar
09:33 - Orientalism & its legacy
11:56 - Araki Yasusada aka Kent Johnson
13:36 - Yi-Fen Chou aka Michael Derrick Hudson
16:18 - Analysis & the reality of diversity in publishing

tags: literary yellowface, literary asianfishing, literary imposture