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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... important in an analysis of the narrative as cultural production , nonetheless takes a back seat to their function , which may provide more important aspects of the subliminal logic of the text , as , for example , in the affinities of ...
... important in an analysis of the narrative as cultural production , nonetheless takes a back seat to their function , which may provide more important aspects of the subliminal logic of the text , as , for example , in the affinities of ...
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... important figures of contemporary history are mentioned by name and important things are not just hinted at but named directly . Even " Ishmael Reed " himself appears in the book and is focalized through himself so that his views are ...
... important figures of contemporary history are mentioned by name and important things are not just hinted at but named directly . Even " Ishmael Reed " himself appears in the book and is focalized through himself so that his views are ...
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... important role in portraying the sojourner mindset of early immigrants . In the first section of The Jade Peony , for example , the child narrator's best friend , Wong Suk , plans to sail back to China with the bones of the Chinese who ...
... important role in portraying the sojourner mindset of early immigrants . In the first section of The Jade Peony , for example , the child narrator's best friend , Wong Suk , plans to sail back to China with the bones of the Chinese who ...
Contents
Asian American Literature in the International Context | 9 |
Celebrating Ourselves in the Other | 37 |
Trauma Narrative and | 81 |
Copyright | |
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