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The children of 1965 : on writing, and not writing, as an Asian American / Min Hyoung Song.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Song, Min, 1970-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Asian American authors.
- American literature.
- American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A new generation of Asian American writers has garnered critical and popular attention since the 1990s. Min Hyoung Song argues that their diverse work pushes against existing ways of thinking about race.
- Contents:
- Introduction: we all have our reasons
- Impositions of form
- Theorizing expectations
- The trope of the lost manuscript
- Not ethnic literature
- American personhood
- Lines of flight
- Comics and the changing meaning of race
- Allegory and the child in Jhumpa Lahiri's fiction
- Becoming planetary
- Desert-orient-nomad
- Conclusion: world-making.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822354512
- 0822354519
- 9780822378945
- 0822378949
- OCLC:
- 1139629694
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