Betrayal and Other Acts of Subversion : Feminism, Sexual Politics, Asian American Women's Literature /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bow, Leslie, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Geschichte 1960-2000.
Politik
Sexualität
Asiatin
Ethnische Identität
Frauenliteratur
Women and literature.
Sex role in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Asian American women > Intellectual life.
Asian American women in literature.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature > Asian American authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Americains d'origine asiatique dans la litterature.
Americaines d'origine asiatique dans la litterature.
Femmes et litterature > États-Unis.
Americaines d'origine asiatique > Vie intellectuelle.
Écrits de femmes americains > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs americains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
Women and literature > United States.
Feminism and literature > United States.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
USA.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781400824144

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