East is West and West is East : Gender, Culture, and Interwar Encounters between Asia and America

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Between 1919-1938, contact between Asia and America forced a reassessment of the normative boundaries of race, sex, gender, class, home, and nation. Karen Kuo's provocative East Is West and West Is East looks closely at these global shifts to modernity. In her analysis of five forgotten texts-t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kuo, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States - General.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Sex.
International relations.
Gender identity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Identite sexuelle > Études transculturelles.
Sexualite > Études transculturelles.
Gender identity > Cross-cultural studies.
Sex > Cross-cultural studies.
United States.
Asia.
Asie > Relations > États-Unis.
United States > Relations > Asia.
Asia > Relations > United States.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Between 1919-1938, contact between Asia and America forced a reassessment of the normative boundaries of race, sex, gender, class, home, and nation. Karen Kuo's provocative East Is West and West Is East looks closely at these global shifts to modernity. In her analysis of five forgotten texts-the 1930 film East Is West, Frank Capra's 1937 version of Lost Horizon and its 1973 remake, Younghill Kang's novel East Goes West, and Baroness Ishimoto's memoir/manifesto, Facing Both Ways-Kuo elucidates how "Asia" played a role in shaping American gender and racial identities and how Asian authors unde.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (253 pages).
ISBN:9781439905883

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