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Book SynopsisDrawing on literary, historical, and theoretical sources, this work addresses debates on the relationship among Asian American ethnic identity, national belonging, globalization, and gender. It argues that scholars have placed emphasis on ethnic-based political commitments in their readings of Asian American texts.
Trade Review"Lee is deeply invested in and concerned with the project of Asian-American feminism and argues convincingly that it must extend its scope beyond critiques of cultural nationalism... Lee thus makes a valuable contribution to many areas of discussion--postcolonial studies, diaspora studies, and studies of global feminism--when she envisions a newly invigorated Asian-American feminist literary methodology that takes into account the changing significance and role of the nation-state in the new economic internationalism... Lee's argument has far-reaching implications and points to exciting new avenues of inquiry."--Grace Kyungwon Hong, Princeton University, Signs
Table of ContentsPreface vii INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER ONE Fraternal Devotions: Carlos Bulosan and the Sexual Politics of America 17 CHAPTER TWO Gish Jen and the Gendered Codes of Americanness 44 CHAPTER THREE Transversing Nationalism, Gender, and Sexuality in Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters 73 CHAPTER FOUR Global-Local Discourse and Gendered Screen Fictions in Karen Tei Yamashita's Through the Arc of the Rain Forest 106 CONCLUSION Asian American Feminist Literary Criticism on Multiple Terrains 139 APPENDIX ONE Number of Plots in Dogeaters 147 APPENDIX TWO Epigraphs and Other Quoted Material in Dogeaters 148 Notes 151 Works Cited 185 Index 199
