| Description |
xiv, 276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Wombs and Wounds: Family Relations in the Diaspora -- Coming to Voice: Language, Writing, Literacy -- Homes and Homelands -- Loving Sex/Sexing Love -- Militarized Lives -- Asians in America -- Race, Roots, Religion -- Travel Narratives and Narratives That Travel -- Speech Acts: Labor, Activism, Resistance. |
| Summary |
"Pairing image and text, Troubling Borders showcases creative writing and visual artworks by sixty-one women of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Thai, and Filipino ancestry. The collection features compelling storytelling that troubles the borders of categorization and reflects the multilayered experience of Southeast Asian women. The diverse voices featured here have been shaped by colonization, wars, globalization, and militarization. For some of these women on the margins of the margin, crafting and showing their work is a bold act in itself. Their provocative and accessible creations tell unique stories, provide a sharp contrast to familiar stereotypes-Southeast Asian women as exotic sex symbols, dragon ladies, prostitutes, and "bar girls"--And serve as entry points for broader discussions on questions of history, memory, and identity."--Publisher's website. |
| Subject |
Southeast Asian literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Southeast Asian literature (English) |
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Women authors. |
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Women and literature -- Southeast Asia.
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Women and literature. |
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Southeast Asia. |
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Women artists -- Southeast Asia.
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Women artists. |
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Southeast Asian diaspora in literature.
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| Added Author |
Pelaud, Isabelle Thuy, 1965- editor.
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Duong, Lan P., 1972- editor.
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Lam, Mariam B., editor.
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Nguyẽ̂n, Kathy L., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780295993195 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0295993197 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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