Asian American women's popular literature : feminizing genres and neoliberal belonging / Pamela Thoma.

By:

Thoma, Pamela S. (Pamela Sue), 1961- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781439910207

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PS153 .A853 2014

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Contents:

Neoliberalism, and cultural citizenship -- Asian American mother-daughter narrative and the neoliberal American dream of transformative femininity -- Romancing the self and negotiating post feminist consumer citizenship in Asian American women's labor lit -- Neoliberal detective work: Uncovering cosmopolitan corruption in the new economy -- Food writing and transnational belonging in global consumer culture -- Conclusion: Crossing over and going public.

Subject: Popular genre fiction written by Asian American women and featuring Asian American characters gained a market presence in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. These "crossover" books-mother-daughter narratives, chick lit, detective fiction, and food writing-attempt to bridge ethnic audiences and a broader reading public. In Asian American Women's Popular Literature, Pamela Thoma considers how these books both depict contemporary American-ness and contribute critically to public dialogue about national belonging. Novels such as Michelle Yu and B.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PS153.84 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn860711924

Includes bibliographies and index.

Asian American women's popular literature -- Neoliberalism, and cultural citizenship -- Asian American mother-daughter narrative and the neoliberal American dream of transformative femininity -- Romancing the self and negotiating post feminist consumer citizenship in Asian American women's labor lit -- Neoliberal detective work: Uncovering cosmopolitan corruption in the new economy -- Food writing and transnational belonging in global consumer culture -- Conclusion: Crossing over and going public.

Popular genre fiction written by Asian American women and featuring Asian American characters gained a market presence in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. These "crossover" books-mother-daughter narratives, chick lit, detective fiction, and food writing-attempt to bridge ethnic audiences and a broader reading public. In Asian American Women's Popular Literature, Pamela Thoma considers how these books both depict contemporary American-ness and contribute critically to public dialogue about national belonging. Novels such as Michelle Yu and B.

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