The Semblance of Identity : Aesthetic Mediation in Asian American Literature.

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The history of Asian American literature reveals the ongoing attempt to work through the fraught relationship between identity politics and literary representation. This relationship is especially evident in literary works which claim that their content represents the socio-historical world. The Sem...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lee, Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Series:Asian America.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Asian Americans in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Literature > Aesthetics.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
Littérature > Esthétique.
American literature
American literature > Asian American authors
Asian Americans in literature
Ethnicity in literature
Literature > Aesthetics
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Post-Identity Condition; 1. The Strange Smell of Truth: Ethnicity, Translation, and Realism in the Cold War Writings of Eileen Chang; 2. The Ironic Temporalities of Cultural Nationalism; 3. Sound and the Subject in The Woman Warrior and Tripmaster Monkey; 4. Form Giving and the Remains of Identity in A Gesture Life; 5. Semblance, Shame, and the Work of Comparison; Conclusion: The Difference Asian America Makes; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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