Inscrutably, actually: hospitality, parasitism, and the silent work of Yoko Ono and Laurel NakadateFootnote^†

† The author gives special thanks to Karen Shimakawa for her mentorship and feedback on early versions of this article. Thanks also to J.M. de Leon; Iván Ramos, Leon Hilton, and the Avant-Gardes, Otherwise working group at ASTR 2014; Tina Post and the Performance Studies Working Group at Yale; Laurel Nakadate and Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects; members of the Unforming Feeling stream at ACLA 2016; the editing services of Anitra Grisales and support from the Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship from Williams College; Susanne Fuchs; E. Hella Tsaconas, Olivia Michiko Gagnon, the board of Women & Performance, and especially the peer reviewers at Women & Performance whose comments greatly facilitated the revision process.

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