Eating Identities [electronic resource] : Reading Food in Asian American Literature / Wenying Xu.
by
Xu, Wenying
ISBN
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9780824862282
Title
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Eating Identities [electronic resource] : Reading Food in Asian American Literature / Wenying Xu.
Author
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Xu, Wenying
Personal Author
:
Xu, Wenying
Publication Information
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Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2008.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (210 p.)
General Note
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Description based upon print version of record.
Contents
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Enjoyment and Ethnic Identity in No- No Boy and Obasan; 2 Masculinity, Food, and Appetite in Frank Chin's Donald Duk and " The Eat and Run Midnight People"; 3 Class and Cuisine in David Wong Louie's The Barbarians Are Coming; 4 Diaspora, Transcendentalism, and Ethnic Gastronomy in the Works of Li- Young Lee; 5 Sexuality, Colonialism, and Ethnicity in Monique Truong's The Book of Salt and Mei Ng's Eating Chinese Food Naked; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Subject Term
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American literature -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism.
Asian Americans -- Intellectual life.
Asian Americans in literature.
Cooking in literature.
Dinners and dining in literature
Food habits in literature.
Gastronomy in literature.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2008
Publication Information
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Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2008.
| Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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| 810.93559 XU | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |