Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin
The present study focuses on the performativity of identity construction in selected Chinese American texts as strategy of narrative resistance. Its fundamental premise is diat, increasingly, the realm of representations constitutes a contested site in the American political arena beset by racial st...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20412 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The present study focuses on the performativity of identity construction in selected Chinese American texts as strategy of narrative resistance. Its fundamental premise is diat, increasingly, the realm of representations constitutes a contested site in the American political arena beset by racial struggles and negotiations for political space and voice. |
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