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Livre 23 sur 34: Asian American Experience

Ty, Eleanor

 
9780252082351: Asianfail: Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority
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ISBN 10 : 0252082354 ISBN 13 : 9780252082351
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2017

Synopsis

Eleanor Ty's bold exploration of literature, plays, and film reveals how young Asian Americans and Asian Canadians have struggled with the ethos of self-sacrifice preached by their parents. This new generation's narratives focus on protagonists disenchanted with their daily lives. Many are depressed. Some are haunted by childhood memories of war, trauma, and refugee camps. Rejecting an obsession with professional status and money, they seek fulfillment by prioritizing relationships, personal growth, and cultural success. As Ty shows, these storytellers have done more than reject a narrowly defined road to happiness. They have rejected neoliberal capitalism itself. In so doing, they demand that the rest of us reconsider our outmoded ideas about the so-called model minority.

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À propos de l'auteur

Eleanor Ty is a professor of English and film studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. She is the author of Unfastened: Globality and Asian North American Narratives and coeditor of Canadian Literature and Cultural Memory.

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Éditeur
University of Illinois Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0252082354
ISBN 13 
9780252082351
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
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Personne responsable
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