LEADER 03383nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910818752103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-8370-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804783705 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155652 035 $a(EBL)867726 035 $a(OCoLC)779828611 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000641030 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12221005 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000641030 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10622907 035 $a(PQKB)10195893 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127896 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC867726 035 $a(DE-B1597)563814 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804783705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL867726 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10539264 035 $a(OCoLC)1198930786 035 $a(dli)HEB33214 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000835 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155652 100 $a20110831d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe semblance of identity $eaesthetic mediation in Asian American literature /$fChristopher Lee 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aStanford, CA $cStanford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 1 $aAsian America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7870-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Post-Identity Condition; 1. The Strange Smell of Truth: Ethnicity, Translation, and Realism in the Cold War Writings of Eileen Chang; 2. The Ironic Temporalities of Cultural Nationalism; 3. Sound and the Subject in The Woman Warrior and Tripmaster Monkey; 4. Form Giving and the Remains of Identity in A Gesture Life; 5. Semblance, Shame, and the Work of Comparison; Conclusion: The Difference Asian America Makes; Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $aThe history of Asian American literature reveals the ongoing attempt to work through the fraught relationship between identity politics and literary representation. This relationship is especially evident in literary works which claim that their content represents the socio-historical world. The Semblance of Identityargues that the reframing of the field as a critical, rather than identity-based, project nonetheless continues to rely on the logics of identity. Drawing on the writings of philosopher and literary critic Georg Lukacs, Christopher Lee identifies a persistent co 410 0$aAsian America. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAsian Americans in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aLiterature$xAesthetics 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAsian Americans in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aLiterature$xAesthetics. 676 $a810.9/895073 700 $aLee$b Christopher$g(Christopher Ming),$f1978-$01722373 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818752103321 996 $aThe semblance of identity$94122667 997 $aUNINA