03617nam 2200709 a 450 991077759070332120230617042218.01-58729-443-5(CKB)1000000000447532(EBL)837081(OCoLC)56109473(SSID)ssj0000256950(PQKBManifestationID)11215038(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256950(PQKBWorkID)10227874(PQKB)10572288(MiAaPQ)EBC837081(MdBmJHUP)muse12555(Au-PeEL)EBL837081(CaPaEBR)ebr10354511(EXLCZ)99100000000044753220030506d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTell this silence[electronic resource] Asian American women writers and the politics of speech /by Patti DuncanIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20041 online resource (293 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87745-856-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.The uses of silence and the "will to unsay" -- What makes an American? : histories of immigration and exclusion of Asians in the U.S. in Maxine Hong Kingston's China men -- "White sound" and silences from stone : discursive silences in the internment writings of Mitsuye Yamada and Joy Kogawa -- Cartographies of silence : language and nation in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee -- Silence and public discourse : interventions into dominant national and sexual narratives in Anchee Min's Red azalea and Nora Okja Keller's Comfort woman -- Tell this silence : Asian American women's narratives and feminist movement.Tell This Silence by Patti Duncan explores multiple meanings of speech and silence in Asian American women's writings in order to explore relationships among race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. Duncan argues that contemporary definitions of U.S. feminism must be expanded to recognize the ways in which Asian American women have resisted and continue to challenge the various forms of oppression in their lives. There has not yet been adequate discussion of the multiple meanings of silence and speech, especially in relation to activism and social-justice movementAmerican literatureAsian American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismAsian American womenIntellectual lifePolitics and literatureUnited StatesWomen and literatureUnited StatesAsian American women in literatureAsian Americans in literatureSex role in literatureSilence in literatureAmerican literatureAsian American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Asian American womenIntellectual life.Politics and literatureWomen and literatureAsian American women in literature.Asian Americans in literature.Sex role in literature.Silence in literature.810.9/895Duncan Patti1970-1499185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777590703321Tell this silence3725047UNINA