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This is all I choose to tell : history and hybridity in Vietnamese American literature / Isabelle Thuy Pelaud.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pelaud, Isabelle Thuy, 1965-
- Series:
- Asian American history and culture.
- Asian American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Vietnamese American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Vietnamese Americans in literature.
- Cultural fusion in literature.
- Multiculturalism in literature.
- Race in literature.
- Vietnamese Americans--Ethnic identity.
- Vietnamese Americans.
- History in literature.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the first book-length study of Vietnamese American literature, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud probes the complexities of Vietnamese American identity and politics. She provides an analytical introduction to the literature, showing how generational differences play out in genre and text. In addition, she asks, can the term Vietnamese American be disassociated from representations of the war without erasing its legacy?Pelaud delineates the historical, social, and cultural terrains of the writing as well as the critical receptions and responses to them. She moves beyond the common focu
- Contents:
- History
- Overview
- Hybridity
- Race, class, gender and survival
- Hope & despair
- Reception.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613133793
- 9781283133791
- 1283133792
- 9781439902189
- 1439902186
- OCLC:
- 719383418
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