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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ty, Eleanor Rose, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Series:Asian American experience.
Subjects:
Asian Americans > Race identity.
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Asians > Canada > Ethnic identity.
Asians > Race identity > Canada.
Model minority stereotype.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Identité ethnique.
Asiatiques > Identité ethnique > Canada.
Stéréotype de la minorité modèle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
Asians > Ethnic identity.
Canada.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Precarity and the Pursuit of Unhappiness
  • 2. Que(e)rying the American Dream in Films of the Early Twenty-First Century
  • 3. Haunted Memories, Spaces, and Trauma : The Unsuccessful Immigrant
  • 4. Representations of Aging in Asian Canadian Performance
  • 5. Work, Depression, Failure
  • 6. Gender, Post-9/11, and Ugly Feelings
  • Coda.

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