The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker - Couverture souple

Liu, Eric

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0375704868 ISBN 13 : 9780375704864

Editeur : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1999

Synopsis

Beyond black and white, native and alien, lies a vast and fertile field of human experience. It is here that Eric Liu, former speechwriter for President Clinton and noted political commentator, invites us to explore.

In these compellingly candid essays, Liu reflects on his life as a second-generation Chinese American and reveals the shifting frames of ethnic identity. Finding himself unable to read a Chinese memorial book about his father's life, he looks critically at the cost of his own assimilation. But he casts an equally questioning eye on the effort to sustain vast racial categories like “Asian American.” And as he surveys the rising anxiety about China's influence, Liu illuminates the space that Asians have always occupied in the American imagination. Reminiscent of the work of James Baldwin and its unwavering honesty, The Accidental Asian introduces a powerful and elegant voice into the discussion of what it means to be an American.

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À propos de l?auteur

Eric Liu is a fellow at the New America Foundation and a contributor to Slate and MSNBC. A former speechwriter for President Clinton, he founded The Next Progressive, an acclaimed journal of opinion, and edited the anthology Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0375704868
• ISBN 13: 9780375704864
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible