This is the most comprehensive study to date of Amy Tan's work. It offers close readings of her texts in the context of broader debates about the representation of identity, history and reality. In contrast with Tan's own American-born narrators, and mainstream critics, Bella Adams's study looks beyond the stereotypes which appear in Tan's books, and explores the ways in which Chinese immigrants and their American relatives struggle to understand each others' 'best qualities', via the Chinese tradition of the 'talk story'. She emphasises Tan's American narrators' process of becoming Chinese and discovering 'real China', and the significance of the ironic staging of these moments. Students will find this study both accessible and probing, and scholars will welcome its contribution to our understanding of a important figure in contemporary literature.
By:
Bella Adams Series edited by:
John Thieme Other:
Rebecca Mortimer Imprint: Manchester University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: annotated edition Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 236g ISBN:9780719062070 ISBN 10: 0719062071 Series:Contemporary World Writers Pages: 232 Publication Date:20 January 2005 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Series editor's foreword Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Chronology 1. Contexts and intertexts 2. The Joy Luck Club 3. The Kitchen God's Wife 4. The Hundred Secret Senses 5. The Bonesetter's Daughter 6. Critical overview and conclusion Notes Select bibliography Index -- .
Bella Adams is Lecturer in English Studies at Liverpool Hope University College
