Asian American Literature in the International Context: Readings on Fiction, Poetry and PerformanceIn their different and yet complementary perspectives, all of the essays in this collection reiterate the universal lesson of pluralism. They are divided into sections that deal with biraciality and biculturality, interethnic negotiations, poetic creations, narrative experiments, and (re)constructing self. The wide variety of approaches reflects the contributors' training in different cultures and across cultures. The book showcases refreshing new perspectives in reading that combine the views of literary scholars from three different continents. This collection creates a space for discussion and commentary, of heightened appreciation and increased creativity, a forum that turns the discipline of Asian American Studies into a truly intercultural debate. |
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Page 85
... chastises herself through bodily mutilation . The pain that this causes seems to
provide her with a sense of bodily relief from her guilt and the burden of her
memories : “ It wasn ' t the easiest thing to do in the dark , but I knew where there
was ...
... chastises herself through bodily mutilation . The pain that this causes seems to
provide her with a sense of bodily relief from her guilt and the burden of her
memories : “ It wasn ' t the easiest thing to do in the dark , but I knew where there
was ...
Page 178
... remembers the character in a cautionary tale her mother had told her , a tragic
suicide because of the shame of an illicit love : “ you dream of a beautiful girl
knotting stones into her palloo and swimming out into the middle of the dark lake .
... remembers the character in a cautionary tale her mother had told her , a tragic
suicide because of the shame of an illicit love : “ you dream of a beautiful girl
knotting stones into her palloo and swimming out into the middle of the dark lake .
Page 196
... who , denied a " language of her own , ” “ speaks in the dark " ( 45 ) , to the “
broken tongue " of the Korean American immigrant , the " other speech ” ( 132 ) of
the woman who , according to Lacanian psychoanalysis , is “ speaking " the other
...
... who , denied a " language of her own , ” “ speaks in the dark " ( 45 ) , to the “
broken tongue " of the Korean American immigrant , the " other speech ” ( 132 ) of
the woman who , according to Lacanian psychoanalysis , is “ speaking " the other
...
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Contents
Asian American Literature in the International Context | 9 |
Race as Process in the Work | 21 |
Celebrating Ourselves in the Other | 37 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Asian American Literature in the International Context: Readings on Fiction, Poetry and Performance Volume 1 of Caals Series Contributions to Asian American literary studies |
| Authors | Alicia Otano, Rocío G. Davis, Sämi Ludwig |
| Editors | Rocío G. Davis, Samuel Mattias Ludwig, Sämi Ludwig |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Lit, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 3825857107, 9783825857103 |
| Length | 265 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / General Literary Criticism / Asian / General |
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