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In her mother's house : the politics of Asian American mother-daughter writing Wendy Ho
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PS153.A84 H6 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ho, Wendy.
- Series:
- Critical perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kingston, Maxine Hong--Criticism and interpretation.
- Kingston, Maxine Hong.
- Tan, Amy--Criticism and interpretation.
- Tan, Amy.
- Ng, Fae Myenne, 1956---Criticism and interpretation.
- Ng, Fae Myenne.
- American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Politics and literature.
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Mothers and daughters in literature.
- Asian American women in literature.
- Asian Americans in literature.
- Asian American women.
- Mothers and daughters--United States.
- Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Asian American women.
- Mothers and daughters--United States.
- American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 285 p. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, c1999.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Beneath the pirie mangotree: the self-talking story about mothers and daughters
- Feminist recovery and reception: Chinese American mother-daughter stories
- The traffic in women: migration and representation
- Outlaw brotherhood: cultural nationalism and the politics of mother-daughter discourses
- Desire in the desert: the self talking-story in Maxine Hong Kingston's mother-daughter stories
- Losing your innocence but not your hope: Amy Tan's Joy Luck mothers and Coca-Cola daughters
- "The heart never travels": the incorporation of fathers in the mother-daughter stories of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Fae Myenne Ng
- Coda: the political heart of the matter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-273) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0742503372 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 076199047X
- 0761990488
- 0761983155
- 0761983163 (pbk.)
- 0742503364 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 40939888
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