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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812748003321

Autore

Pelaud Isabelle Thuy <1965->

Titolo

This is all I choose to tell : history and hybridity in Vietnamese American literature / / Isabelle Thuy Pelaud

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011

ISBN

9786613133793

1-283-13379-2

1-4399-0218-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Asian American history and culture

Disciplina

810.9/895922073

Soggetti

American literature - Vietnamese American authors - History and criticism

Vietnamese Americans in literature

Cultural fusion in literature

Multiculturalism in literature

Race in literature

Vietnamese Americans - Ethnic identity

History in literature

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Literature and the war

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

History -- Overview -- Hybridity -- Race, class, gender and survival -- Hope & despair -- Reception.

Sommario/riassunto

In the first book-length study of Vietnamese American literature, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud probes the complexities of Vietnamese American identity and politics. She provides an analytical introduction to the literature, showing how generational differences play out in genre and text. In addition, she asks, can the term Vietnamese American be disassociated from representations of the war without erasing its legacy?Pelaud delineates the historical, social, and cultural terrains of the writing as well as the critical receptions and responses to them. She moves beyond the common focu