Ingratitude [electronic resource] : the debt-bound daughter in Asian American literature / Erin Khuê Ninh.
Ninh, Erin Khuê.
2011
PS508.A8 N56 2011eb
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Title Ingratitude [electronic resource] : the debt-bound daughter in Asian American literature / Erin Khuê Ninh.
Author Ninh, Erin Khuê.
ISBN 9780814759196 (electronic bk.)
9780814758441
9780814758458 (pbk.)
9780814758854 (electronic bk.)
Publication Details New York : New York University Press, c2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vii, 207 p.)
Call Number PS508.A8 N56 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9/35254
Summary 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.
Dissertation Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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