Assimilating Asians - Gendered Strategies of Authorship in Asian America

"Bringing fresh perspectives to much-discussed work, "Assimilating Asians" is a fine book."--Elaine Kim, University of California, Berkeley

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Acknoweldgments ix

Introduction: "A City of Words" 1

ONE. Myths of Americanization

1 America in the Heart: Political Desire in Younghill Kang, Carlos Bulosan, Milton Murayama, and John Okada 27

2 Authoring Subjects: Frank Chin and David Mura 64

3 Womens' Plots: Edith Maude Eaton and Bharati Mukherjee 90

TWO/ Constructing Chinese American Ethinicity

4 "That Was China, That Was Their Fate": Ethnicity and Agency in The Joy Luck Club 141

5 Tripmaster Monkey, Frank Chin, and the Chinese Heroic Tradition 169

CODA. "What We Should Becomoe, What We Were" 188

Notes 191

Bibliography 217

Index 299

Info autore

Patricia P. Chu

Riassunto

Examines the model of the "Anglo-American" bildungsroman and shows how "Asian American" writers have adapted it to express their troubled and unstable position in the United States.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Chu, Patricia P Chu, Patricia P. Chu, Patricia P. Chu
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.03.2000
• EAN: 9780822324300
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2430-0
• Pagine: 256
• Peso: 889 g
• Serie: New Americanists; New Americanists
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, Ethnic Studies