Table of contents : Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Broken Body: Situating Trauma in the Visual Cultures of Cambodia and Its Diaspora 2. Scarred Resilience: The Legacy of the United States’ Secret Bombing of Cambodia 3. Portraits of a Dictator: Khmer Rouge Ideology and the Politics of Aesthetics 4. Of Krama and Khmer Identity: The Land Where the Sugar Palm Trees Grow 5. Performing Khmer Cultural Identity: The Tale/Tail of the Serpent Princess Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index