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
Autor principal: Ty, Eleanor Rose, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Model minority stereotype.
Asians > Ethnic identity.
Asian Americans > Race identity.
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
Stereotype de la minorite modele.
Asiatiques > Identite ethnique > Canada.
Americains d'origine asiatique > Identite ethnique.
Asians > Race identity > Canada.
Asians > Canada > Ethnic identity.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 depressed. Some are haunted by childhood memories of war, trauma, and refugee camps. Rejecting an obsession with professional status and money, they seek fulfillment by prioritising relationships, personal growth, and cultural success. As Ty shows, these storytellers have done more than reject a narrowly defined road to happiness. They have rejected neoliberal capitalism itself. In so doing, they demand that the rest of us reconsider our outmoded ideas about the so-called model minority.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (184 pages).
Premios:Asian/Pacific American Award for Adult Non-Fiction, 2018
ISBN:9780252099380

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