Tell this silence : Asian American women writers and the politics of speech / Patti Duncan.
| Author/creator | Duncan, Patti, 1970- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2004. |
| Description | xvi, 274 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The uses of silence and the will to unsay -- What makes an American? : histories of immigration and exclusion of Asians in the United States in Maxine Hong Kingston's China men -- White sound and silences from stone : discursive silences in the internment writings of Mitsuye Yamada and Joy Kogawa -- Cartographies of silence : language and nation in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée -- Silence and public discourse : interventions into dominant national and sexual narratives in Nora Okja Keller's Comfort woman and Anchee Min's Red azalea -- Tell this silence : Asian American women's narratives, gender, nation, and history. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003050739 |
| ISBN | 0877458561 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS153.A84 D86 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |