{"product_id":"alterity-and-empathy-in-post1945-asian-american-narratives-9781032140438","title":"Alterity and Empathy in Post1945 Asian American","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eAlterity and Empathy in Post-1945 Asian American Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e, Hyesu Park adds another important contribution to the growing conversation about race and narrative form. In her work unpacking the figure of the ‘inscrutable Asian,’ Park explores the various ways that rhetorical and cognitive approaches to narrative can help readers to better understand the cultural work of contemporary Asian American narratives, while also compellingly demonstrating the continued need to broaden the canon of narratives upon which new developments in narrative theory are built.\" James J. Donahue, SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Inscrutability, Asian American narratives, and narrative theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepresenting the inscrutable memory of \"comfort women\" in Chang-rae Lee’s \u003ci\u003eA Gesture Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScrutability for readerly recognition in Monique Truong’s \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e (2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisualizing Asian American inscrutability in Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eShortcomings\u003c\/i\u003e (2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContextualizing the affect, ethics, and politics of female silence in Hisaye Yamamoto’s short stories, \"Seventeen Syllables\" (1949) and \"Wilshire Bus\" (1950) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemorializing the inscrutable history of others: Maxine Hong Kingston’s \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) and GB Tran’s \u003ci\u003eVietnamerica: A Family’s Journey \u003c\/i\u003e(2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Bridging the fields\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018863575383,"sku":"9781032140438","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032140438.jpg?v=1750778437","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alterity-and-empathy-in-post1945-asian-american-narratives-9781032140438","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}