LEADER 04954nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910779906103321 005 20211001030800.0 010 $a9786613290649 010 $a1-4008-2414-1 010 $a1-283-29064-2 010 $a1-4008-1403-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400824144 035 $a(CKB)111056486506796 035 $a(EBL)781788 035 $a(OCoLC)756502290 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110600 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145409 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110600 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10064753 035 $a(PQKB)11744347 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43468 035 $a(DE-B1597)453607 035 $a(OCoLC)979685421 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400824144 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL781788 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10502071 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC781788 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486506796 100 $a20000630d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetrayal and other acts of subversion$b[electronic resource] $efeminism, sexual politics, Asian American women's literature /$fLeslie Bow 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (223 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-07093-8 311 0 $a0-691-07092-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction: Theorizing Gendered Constructions Of Ethnic And National Collectivity --$t2. To Enjoy Being A Girl: Sexuality And Partial Citizenship --$t3. The Triumph Of The Prefeminist Chinese Woman?: Incorporating Racial Difference Through Feminist Narrative --$t4. Third World Testimony In The Era Of Globalization: Le Ly Hayslip's Bad (Girl) Karma And The Art Of Neutrality --$t5. The Gendered Subject Of Human Rights: Domestic Infidelity In Irrawaddy Tango And The Scent Of The Gods --$tAfterword: Multiplying Loyalties --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $aAsian American women have long dealt with charges of betrayal within and beyond their communities. Images of their "disloyalty" pervade American culture, from the daughter who is branded a traitor to family for adopting American ways, to the war bride who immigrates in defiance of her countrymen, to a figure such as Yoko Ono, accused of breaking up the Beatles with her "seduction" of John Lennon. Leslie Bow here explores how representations of females transgressing the social order play out in literature by Asian American women. Questions of ethnic belonging, sexuality, identification, and political allegiance are among the issues raised by such writers as Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Bharati Mukherjee, Jade Snow Wong, Amy Tan, Sky Lee, Le Ly Hayslip, Wendy Law-Yone, Fiona Cheong, and Nellie Wong. Beginning with the notion that feminist and Asian American identity are mutually exclusive, Bow analyzes how women serve as boundary markers between ethnic or national collectives in order to reveal the male-based nature of social cohesion. In exploring the relationship between femininity and citizenship, liberal feminism and American racial discourse, and women's domestic abuse and human rights, the author suggests that Asian American women not only mediate sexuality's construction as a determiner of loyalty but also manipulate that construction as a tool of political persuasion in their writing. The language of betrayal, she argues, offers a potent rhetorical means of signaling how belonging is policed by individuals and by the state. Bow's bold analysis exposes the stakes behind maintaining ethnic, feminist, and national alliances, particularly for women who claim multiple loyalties. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature$zUnited States 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States 606 $aAsian American women in literature 606 $aAsian Americans in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminism 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. 676 $a810.9/9287/08995 686 $aHU 1729$2rvk 700 $aBow$b Leslie$f1962-$01513554 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779906103321 996 $aBetrayal and other acts of subversion$93756562 997 $aUNINA