An analytically innovative work, Begin Here widens the current critical focus of Asian North American literary studies by proposing an integrated thematic and narratological approach to the practice of autobiography. It demonstrates how Asian North American memoirs of childhood challenge the construction and performative potential of national experiences. This understanding influences theoretical approaches to ethnic life writing, expanding the boundaries of traditional autobiography by negotiating narrative techniques and genre and raising complex questions about self-representation and the...
An analytically innovative work, Begin Here widens the current critical focus of Asian North American literary studies by proposing an integrated them...
Contests the dominance of materialist and cultural critiques in Asian American literary discourse by re-centering critical attention around issues of aesthetics and literary form.
Contests the dominance of materialist and cultural critiques in Asian American literary discourse by re-centering critical attention around issues of ...