Conspiracy of Silence and New Subjectivity in Monkey Bridge and The Gangster We Are All Looking For
This article analyzes the memories of traumatic experiences held by major characters in two contemporary Vietnamese American novels: Lan Caos Monkey Bridge and Le Thi Diem Thuys The Gangster We Are All Looking For. Because the parents who experienced trauma during the Vietnam War refuse to share the...
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| Language: | English |
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Purdue University Press
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement |
| Online Access: | http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jsaaea/vol8/iss1/3/ |