| Asian American Fiction, History and Life Writing: International Encounters Contributor(s): Grice, Helena (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415384753 ISBN-13: 9780415384759 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: This book examines the recent American cultural and literary preoccupation with Asia, exploring the corresponding historical-political situations--including China's Cultural Revolution and Japanese geisha culture--that have both circumscribed and enabled greater cultural and political contact between Asia and America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 813.009 |
| LCCN: 2008046093 |
| Series: Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature (Numbered) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 166 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The last ten years have witnessed an enormous growth in American interest in Asia and Asian/American history. In particular, a set of key Asian historical moments have recently become the subject of intense American cultural scrutiny, namely China's Cultural Revolution and its aftermath; the Korean American war and its legacy; the era of Japanese geisha culture and its subsequent decline; and China's one-child policy and the rise of transracial, international adoption in its wake. Grice examines and accounts for this cultural and literary preoccupation, exploring the corresponding historical-political situations that have both circumscribed and enabled greater cultural and political contact between Asia and America. |