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

• Autore: Pelaud Isabelle Thuy <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/895922073
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: This is all I choose to tell
• ISBN: 9786613133793; 1-283-13379-2; 1-4399-0218-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781386403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asian American history and culture.