Ingratitude [electronic resource] : the debt-bound daughter in Asian American literature / Erin Khuê Ninh.

Ingratitude [electronic resource] : the debt-bound daughter in Asian American literature / Erin Khuê Ninh.

9780814759196 (electronic bk.)
9780814758441
9780814758458 (pbk.)
9780814758854 (electronic bk.)

New York : New York University Press, [2011]

©2011

English

1 online resource (vii, 207 pages)

PS508.A8 N56 2011eb

810.9/35254

Anger and bitterness tend to pervade narratives written by second generation Asian American daughters, despite their largely unremarkable upbringings. In Ingratitude, Erin Khuê Ninh explores this apparent paradox, locating in the origins of these women's maddeningly immaterial suffering not only racial hegemonies but also the structure of the immigrant family itself. She argues that the filial debt of these women both demands and defies repayment--all the better to produce the docile subjects of a model minority.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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