{"product_id":"sticky-rice-a-politics-of-intraracial-desire-9781439915820","title":"Sticky Rice A Politics of Intraracial Desire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCynthia Wu’s provocative \u003ci\u003eSticky Rice \u003c\/i\u003eexamines representations of same-sex desires and intraracial intimacies in some of the most widely read pieces of Asian American literature. Analyzing canonical works such as John Okada’s \u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Monique Truong’s \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e, H. T. Tsiang’s \u003ci\u003eAnd China Has Hands\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s \u003ci\u003eBlu’s Hanging\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Philip Kan Gotanda’s play, \u003ci\u003eYankee Dawg You Die,\u003c\/i\u003e Wu considers how male relationships in these texts blur the boundaries among the homosocial, the homoerotic, and the homosexual in ways that lie beyond our concepts of modern gay identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe “sticky rice” of Wu’s title is a term used in gay Asian American culture to describe Asian American men who desire other Asian American men. The bonds between men addressed in \u003ci\u003eSticky Rice\u003c\/i\u003e show how the thoughts and actions founded by real-life intraracially desiring Asian-raced m\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151269589335,"sku":"9781439915820","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439915820.jpg?v=1762960649","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sticky-rice-a-politics-of-intraracial-desire-9781439915820","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}