Alterity and empathy in post-1945 Asian American narratives narrating other minds / Hyesu Park.
| Author/creator | Park, Hyesu |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2021. |
| Description | volumes cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Narrative theory and culture |
| Contents | Representing the inscrutable memory of "comfort women" in Chang-rae Lee's A Gesture Life (1999) -- Scrutability for readerly recognition in Monique Truong's The Book of Salt (2003) -- Visualizing Asian American inscrutability in Adrian Tomine's graphic novel, Shortcomings (2007) -- Contextualizing the affect, ethics, and politics of female silence in Hisaye Yamamoto's short stories, "Seventeen Syllables" (1949) and "Wilshire Bus" (1950) -- Memorializing the inscrutable history of others: Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts (1975) and GB Tran's Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey (2010) |
| Abstract | "This book examines how Asian American authors since 1945 have deployed the stereotype of Asian American inscrutability in order to re-examine and debunk the stereotype in various ways. By paying special attention to what narrative theorists have regarded as one of the most extraordinary aspects of fiction-its ability to give (or else deny) readers a remarkably detailed knowledge of the inner lives of their characters-this book explores deeply and systematically the specific ways Asian American narratives attribute inscrutable minds to Asian American characters, situating them at various points along a spectrum stretching between alterity and empathy. Ultimately, the book reveals the link between narrative form and larger cultural issues associated with the representation of Asian American minds, and how a nuanced investigation of narrative form can yield insights into the sociocultural embeddedness of Asian American literature under the case studies-insights that would not be available if such formal questions were by passed"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021027229 |
| ISBN | 9780367697198 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032140438 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |