Ingratitude [electronic resource] : the debt-bound daughter in Asian American literature / Erin Khuê Ninh.
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.)
9780814758441
9780814758458 (pbk.)
9780814758854 (electronic bk.)
Publication Details
New York : New York University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 207 p.)
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The filial debtor: Jade Snow Wong
Refractions of harm: Maxine Hong Kingston
The caring of jailers: Evelyn Lau, Catherine Liu
Desirable daughters: Fae Myenne Ng, Elaine Mar, Chitra Divakaruni.
Refractions of harm: Maxine Hong Kingston
The caring of jailers: Evelyn Lau, Catherine Liu
Desirable daughters: Fae Myenne Ng, Elaine Mar, Chitra Divakaruni.