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Betrayal and other acts of subversion : feminism, sexual politics, Asian American women's literature /
Asian American women have long dealt with charges of betrayal within and beyond their communities. Images of their "disloyalty" pervade American culture, from the daughter who is branded a traitor to family for adopting American ways, to the war bride who immigrates in defiance of her coun...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Asian American women have long dealt with charges of betrayal within and beyond their communities. Images of their "disloyalty" pervade American culture, from the daughter who is branded a traitor to family for adopting American ways, to the war bride who immigrates in defiance of her countrymen, to a figure such as Yoko Ono, accused of breaking up the Beatles with her "seduction" of John Lennon. Leslie Bow here explores how representations of females transgressing the social order play out in literature by Asian American women. Questions of ethnic belonging, sexuality, identification, and pol. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 212 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400824144 1400824141 1400814030 9781400814039 0691070938 9780691070933 |