Consumption and Identity in Asian American Coming-of-Age Novels.

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This inter-disciplinary study examines the theme of consumption in Asian American literature, connection representations of cooking and eating with ethnic identity formation. Using four discrete modes of identification--historic pride, consumerism, mourning, and fusion--Jennifer Ho examines how Asia...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ho, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Asian Americans.
Temas:
American fiction > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
Bildungsromans, American > History and criticism.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Asian Americans > Intellectual life.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Food habits in literature.
Roman américain > Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
Roman d'éducation américain > Histoire et critique.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Vie intellectuelle.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
Identité collective dans la littérature.
Habitudes alimentaires dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction > Asian American authors
Asian Americans in literature
Asian Americans > Intellectual life
Bildungsromans, American
Consumption (Economics) in literature
Food habits in literature
Group identity in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Feeding Identity, Subverting Stereotypes: Food and Consumption in Contemporary Asian American Bildungsromane; Chapter One Consuming Asian American History in Frank Chin's Donald Duk; Chapter Two To Eat, To Buy, To Be: Consumption as Identity in Lois Ann Yamanaka's Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers; Chapter Three Feeding the Spirit: Mourning for the Mother(land) in Lan Cao's Monkey Bridge and Nora Okja Keller's Comfort Woman.
  • Chapter Four Fusion Creations in Gus Lee's China Boy and Gish Jen's Mona in the Promised LandConclusion Hungry for More?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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