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The semblance of identity : aesthetic mediation in Asian American literature / Christopher Lee.
LIBRA PS153.A84 L437 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Christopher (Christopher Ming), 1978- author.
- Series:
- Asian America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--Asian American authors.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Asian Americans in literature.
- Ethnicity in literature.
- Literature--Aesthetics.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 191 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- The strange smell of truth : ethnicity, translation, and realism in the Cold War writings of Eileen Chang
- The ironic temporalities of cultural nationalism
- Sound and the subject in The woman warrior and Tripmaster monkey
- Form giving and the remains of identity in A gesture life
- Semblance, shame, and the work of comparison
- Conclusion : the difference Asian America makes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804778701
- 0804778701
- OCLC:
- 750401506
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