(Un)Doing the Missionary Position

Gender Asymmetry in Contemporary Asian American Women's Writing

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

While the writing of other ethnic women has already been receiving considerable attention, the writing of Asian American women has not. (Un)Doing is the first feminist theoretical work to look at writing by such contemporary Asian American writers as Amy Tan, Fae Myenne Ng, R. A. Sasaki, Gish Jen, and Cynthia Kadohata. Viewing them as feminist and postfeminist writers, Kafka argues that gender asymmetry in all its varied forms and guises is the major issue that they confront. Satirizing this world-wide oppression as the missionary position, Kafka urges ethnic and women of color feminist critics to focus more on commonalities rather than view differences as impenetrable barriers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-06-11
Mått:157 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:502 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313301612

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Mer om författaren

PHILLIPA KAFKA is Professor of English Literature and Former Director of Women's Studies at Kean College of New Jersey. A pioneer in Ethnic American Studies since 1976, she is author of The Great White Way: African American Women Writers and American Success Mythology.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Introduction Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife: "Chasing Away a Big Stink" Fae Myenne Ng, Bone: "Nina, Ona, and I, We're the Lucky Generation" Gish Jen, Typical American: The Rise and Fall and Rise of the House of Chang R(uth) A. Sasaki, The Loom and Other Stories: "There Has Got to Be More to Life Than That" Cynthia Kadohata, The Floating World: "I Like the Diabolical Quality, the Clarity of Admitting I Want" Conclusion Bibliography Index