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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bow, Leslie, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Asian American women > Intellectual life.
Feminism and literature > United States.
Women and literature > United States.
Asian American women in literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Américaines d'origine asiatique > Vie intellectuelle.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis.
Américaines d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
American literature > Asian American authors
American literature > Women authors
Asian American women in literature
Asian American women > Intellectual life
Asian Americans in literature
Feminism and literature
Sex role in literature
Women and literature
Frauenliteratur
Ethnische Identität
Asiatin
Sexualität
Politik
Geschichte 1960-2000.
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Theorizing Gendered Constructions of Ethnic and National Collectivity
  • To Enjoy Being a Girl: Sexuality and Partial Citizenship
  • The Triumph of the Prefeminist Chinese Woman?: Incorporating Racial Difference Through Feminist Narrative
  • Third World Testimony in the Era of Globalization: Le Ly Hayslip's Bad (Girl) Karma and the Art of Neutrality
  • The Gendered Subject of Human Rights: Domestic Infidelity in Irrawaddy Tango and The Scent of the Gods
  • Afterword: Multiplying Loyalties.

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