Visions of Whiteness in Selected Works of Asian American Literature (e-bog) af Klara Szmanko, Szmanko

Visions of Whiteness in Selected Works of Asian American Literature e-bog

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Author Toni Morrison stressed the need to analyze race in American literature by white authors by shifting focus &quote;from the racial object to the racial subject.&quote; Representations of whiteness in certain works by Asian American authors reveal what happens when the visual dynamics of ethnography are reversed, and those persons often considered as objects--Asian Americans, other minoriti...
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Forfattere Klara Szmanko, Szmanko (forfatter)
Forlag McFarland
Udgivet 7 marts 2015
Længde 216 sider
Genrer Literature: history and criticism
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781476620435
Author Toni Morrison stressed the need to analyze race in American literature by white authors by shifting focus "e;from the racial object to the racial subject."e; Representations of whiteness in certain works by Asian American authors reveal what happens when the visual dynamics of ethnography are reversed, and those persons often considered as objects--Asian Americans, other minorities--are allowed to see and judge those who so often objectify them. This study emphasizes social power structures, the aesthetics of whiteness and transformational identity politics. Works examined include Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior (1976) and China Men (1980), and The Fifth Book of Peace (2003); Leonard Chang's The Fruit 'N Food (1996); and, Joy Kogawa's Obasan (1981).