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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... a cross - cultural context , in which explicit parallels are drawn between
parental experiences of immigration and racism ... individual experience of the
trauma of sexual abuse in a wider crosscultural context of their parents ' own
experiences ...
... a cross - cultural context , in which explicit parallels are drawn between
parental experiences of immigration and racism ... individual experience of the
trauma of sexual abuse in a wider crosscultural context of their parents ' own
experiences ...
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In this sense , I would argue that rupture with native tradition , rupture between
parents in one place and children in another very different place , rupture
between generations ( as the United States of one generation is not the United
States of ...
In this sense , I would argue that rupture with native tradition , rupture between
parents in one place and children in another very different place , rupture
between generations ( as the United States of one generation is not the United
States of ...
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to her parents , they are horrified " [ t ] hat Feroza should have chosen to send this
photograph , of a man with his legs bared almost to his balls , was significant .
Surely she must be aware of the assault on their parental sensibility [ .
to her parents , they are horrified " [ t ] hat Feroza should have chosen to send this
photograph , of a man with his legs bared almost to his balls , was significant .
Surely she must be aware of the assault on their parental sensibility [ .
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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 |
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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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