Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin
The present study focuses on the performativity of identity construction in selected Chinese American texts as strategy of narrative resistance. Its fundamental premise is diat, increasingly, the realm of representations constitutes a contested site in the American political arena beset by racial st...
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| author | Wong, Teck Chye. |
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| description | The present study focuses on the performativity of identity construction in selected Chinese American texts as strategy of narrative resistance. Its fundamental premise is diat, increasingly, the realm of representations constitutes a contested site in the American political arena beset by racial struggles and negotiations for political space and voice. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/204122020-11-01T06:24:15Z Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin Wong, Teck Chye. National Institute of Education DRNTU::Humanities::Literature The present study focuses on the performativity of identity construction in selected Chinese American texts as strategy of narrative resistance. Its fundamental premise is diat, increasingly, the realm of representations constitutes a contested site in the American political arena beset by racial struggles and negotiations for political space and voice. Master of Arts 2009-12-15T02:50:54Z 2009-12-15T02:50:54Z 1996 1996 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20412 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 173 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Humanities::Literature Wong, Teck Chye. Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin |
| title | Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin |
| title_full | Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin |
| title_fullStr | Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin |
| title_short | Representing Chinese America : the construction of Chinese American identity, self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan and Frank Chin |
| title_sort | representing chinese america the construction of chinese american identity self and community as a strategy of narrative resistance in selected texts of maxine hong kingston amy tan and frank chin |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities::Literature |
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