Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
The uses of silence and the "will to unsay" -- What makes an American? : histories of immigration and exclusion of Asians in the U.S. in Maxine Hong Kingston's China men -- "White sound" and silences from stone : discursive silences in the internment writings of Mitsuye Yamada and Joy Kogawa -- Cartographies of silence : language and nation in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee -- Silence and public discourse : interventions into dominant national and sexual narratives in Anchee Min's Red azalea and Nora Okja Keller's Comfort woman -- Tell this silence : Asian American women's narratives and feminist movement.
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Tell This Silence by Patti Duncan explores multiple meanings of speech and silence in Asian American women's writings in order to explore relationships among race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. Duncan argues that contemporary definitions of U.S. feminism must be expanded to recognize the ways in which Asian American women have resisted and continue to challenge the various forms of oppression in their lives. There has not yet been adequate discussion of the multiple meanings of silence and speech, especially in relation to activism and social-justice movements in the U.S.I.
JSTOR
22573/ctt20n90c6
Tell this silence.
0877458561
American literature-- Asian American authors-- History and criticism.
American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Asian American women in literature.
Asian American women-- Intellectual life.
Asian Americans in literature.
Politics and literature-- United States.
Sex role in literature.
Silence in literature.
Women and literature-- United States.
American literature-- Asian American authors-- History and criticism.
American literature-- Asian American authors.
American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.