Asianfail : narratives of disenchantment and the model minority /

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Eleanor Ty's bold exploration of literature, plays, and film reveals how young Asian Americans and Asian Canadians have struggled with the ethos of self-sacrifice preached by their parents. This new generation's narratives focus on protagonists disenchanted with their daily lives. Many are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ty, Eleanor Rose, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Colección:Asian American experience.
Temas:
Asian Americans > Race identity.
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Asians > Canada > Ethnic identity.
Asians > Race identity > Canada.
Model minority stereotype.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Identité ethnique.
Asiatiques > Identité ethnique > Canada.
Stéréotype de la minorité modèle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
Asians > Ethnic identity.
Canada.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Precarity and the Pursuit of Unhappiness
  • 2. Que(e)rying the American Dream in Films of the Early Twenty-First Century
  • 3. Haunted Memories, Spaces, and Trauma : The Unsuccessful Immigrant
  • 4. Representations of Aging in Asian Canadian Performance
  • 5. Work, Depression, Failure
  • 6. Gender, Post-9/11, and Ugly Feelings
  • Coda.

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