Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index.
Introduction: under scrutiny -- Racial playgrounds: illusion and danger in Don Lee's Country of origin -- The conspicuous subjects of interracial spaces in Nina Revoyr's Southland -- Persistent vigilance and racial longing in Choi's Person of interest and Kim's The interpreter -- Intimate details: scrutiny and evidentiary photographs in Kerri Sakamoto's The electrical field -- Double surveillance in Mohsin Hamid's The reluctant fundamentalist -- Conclusion