LEADER 03617nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910777590703321 005 20230617042218.0 010 $a1-58729-443-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000447532 035 $a(EBL)837081 035 $a(OCoLC)56109473 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000256950 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215038 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256950 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10227874 035 $a(PQKB)10572288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837081 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12555 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837081 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354511 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000447532 100 $a20030506d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTell this silence$b[electronic resource] $eAsian American women writers and the politics of speech /$fby Patti Duncan 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-856-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aTell 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 movement 606 $aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAsian American women$xIntellectual life 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States 606 $aAsian American women in literature 606 $aAsian Americans in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aSilence in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAsian American women$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aPolitics and literature 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aAsian American women in literature. 615 0$aAsian Americans in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aSilence in literature. 676 $a810.9/895 700 $aDuncan$b Patti$f1970-$01499185 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777590703321 996 $aTell this silence$93725047 997 $aUNINA