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Asian American Poetry: THE NEXT GENERATION
Chang
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Description for Asian American Poetry: THE NEXT GENERATION
Paperback. A modern poetry anthology that includes the work of a second generation of Asian American poets. The poems lay a groundwork for readers while at the same time expanding the scope of American literature. Editor(s): Chang, Victoria. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 407. Weight in Grams: 327.
This book is the first in English to consider women's movements and feminist discourses in twentieth-century Taiwan. Doris T. Chang examines the way in which Taiwanese women in the twentieth century selectively appropriated Western feminist theories to meet their needs in a modernizing Confucian culture. She illustrates the rise and fall of women's movements against the historical backdrop of the island's contested national identities, first vis-à-vis imperial Japan (1895-1945) and later with postwar China (1945-2000). In particular, during periods of soft authoritarianism in the Japanese colonial era and late twentieth century, autonomous women's movements emerged and operated within the political ... Read more
This book is the first in English to consider women's movements and feminist discourses in twentieth-century Taiwan. Doris T. Chang examines the way in which Taiwanese women in the twentieth century selectively appropriated Western feminist theories to meet their needs in a modernizing Confucian culture. She illustrates the rise and fall of women's movements against the historical backdrop of the island's contested national identities, first vis-à-vis imperial Japan (1895-1945) and later with postwar China (1945-2000). In particular, during periods of soft authoritarianism in the Japanese colonial era and late twentieth century, autonomous women's movements emerged and operated within the political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252071744
SKU
V9780252071744
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About Chang
Victoria M. Chang is a published poet (Cream City Review, Crab Orchard Review, Florida Review, MacGuffin, Lullwater Review, Hawaitt Review) and the founder and editor of the Asian/Pacific American Women's Journal at the University of Michigan. Marilyn Chin is the author of Rhapsody in Plain Yellow, and Dwarf Bamboo.
Reviews for Asian American Poetry: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Some of the freshest, most engaging work being written in the United States."
Pleiades "The poems in this vibrant, varied collection address so many subjects in such a range of voices that it all but destroys monolithic notions of Asian American identity, culture, and issues."
Guiyou Huang, author of The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature "This is a fine selection that ... Read more
Pleiades "The poems in this vibrant, varied collection address so many subjects in such a range of voices that it all but destroys monolithic notions of Asian American identity, culture, and issues."
Guiyou Huang, author of The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature "This is a fine selection that ... Read more