The Deathly Embrace: Orientalism and Asian American Identity

by Sheng-Mei Ma

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A polemical analysis of the ways Orientalism speaks through the texts of prominent Asian American writers.

Asian American resistance to Orientalism--the Western tradition dealing with the subject and subjugation of the East--is usually assumed. And yet, as this provocative work demonstrates, in order to refute racist stereotypes they must first be evoked, and in the process the two often become entangled. Sheng-mei Ma shows...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816637113

ISBN13:9780816637119

Release Date:September 2000

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory Ethnic Studies History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Minority Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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