Masking Selves, Making Subjects - Japanese American Women, Identity, and the Body

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About the author

Traise Yamamoto is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside.

Summary

Intends to situate Japanese American women's writing within theoretical contexts that provide a means of articulating the complex relationships between language and the body, gender and agency, nationalism and identity. It includes in-depth readings of a number of genres, including film and travel narrative.

Product details

• Authors: Traise Yamamoto, Yamamoto Traise
• Assisted by: Traise Yamamoto (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.1999
• EAN: 9780520210349
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21034-9
• No. of pages: 329
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Japan, Ethnic Studies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, American English, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Asian History, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General