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9%OFFJeffrey F. L. Partridge - Beyond Literary Chinatown - 9780295987064 - V9780295987064
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Beyond Literary Chinatown

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Description for Beyond Literary Chinatown Paperback. The phenomenon of 'literary Chinatown' - the ghettoization of Chinese American literature - was produced by the same dynamics of race and representation that ghettoized the Chinese American community into literal Chinatowns. This book examines the dynamic relationship between reader expectations of Chinese American literature. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.

American Book Award Winner (Before Columbus Foundation)

The phenomenon of “literary Chinatown”--the ghettoization of Chinese American literature--was produced by the same dynamics of race and representation that ghettoized the Chinese American community into literal Chinatowns. In a 1982 response to reviews of Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston pinpointed the crux of the matter: “How dare they make their ignorance our inscrutability!”

Jeffrey F. L. Partridge examines the dynamic relationship between reader expectations of Chinese American literature and the challenges to these expectations posed by recent Chinese American texts, challenges that push our understanding of a multicultural society to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
McLellan Endowed Series
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295987064
SKU
V9780295987064
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About Jeffrey F. L. Partridge
Jeffrey F. L. Partridge has taught Asian American literature at the National University of Singapore, Central Connecticut State University, and the University of Connecticut. He currently coordinates the Liberal Arts and Sciences program for Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Reviews for Beyond Literary Chinatown
"Partridge offers a spirited approach to an important set of questions, and he substantiates his case with a persuasive set of careful close readings…. Partridge's book offers an undeniably useful point of reference for future mediations on the role of formal analysis in Asian American literary criticism, and future scholars will do well to consider his work thoroughly."
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