{"product_id":"asian-american-womens-popular-literature-feminizing-genres-and-neoliberal-belonging-paperback-softback-9781439910191","title":"Asian American Women's Popular Literature; Feminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439910191","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAsian American Women's Popular Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFeminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePamela Thoma (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439910191\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePopular genre fiction written by Asian American women and featuring Asian American characters gained a market presence in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. These “crossover” books-mother-daughter narratives, chick lit, detective fiction, and food writing-attempt to bridge ethnic audiences and a broader reading public. In \u003ci\u003eAsian American Women's Popular Literature,\u003c\/i\u003e Pamela Thoma considers how these books both depict contemporary American-ness and contribute critically to public dialogue about national belonging.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNovels such as Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan’s \u003ci\u003eChina Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e and Sonia Singh’s \u003ci\u003eGoddess for Hire\u003c\/i\u003e, or mysteries including Sujata Massey’s \u003ci\u003eGirl in a Box\u003c\/i\u003e and Suki Kim’s \u003ci\u003eThe Interpreter, \u003c\/i\u003ereveal Asian American women’s ambivalence about the trappings and prescriptions of mainstream American society. Thoma shows how these writers’ works address the various pressures on women to manage their roles in relation to family and finances-reconciling the demands of work, consumer culture, and motherhood-in a neoliberal society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA volume in the American Literatures Initiative.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1 Asian American Women’\u003cbr\u003es Popular Literature, Neoliberalism, and Cultural Citizenship\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2 Asian American Mother-Daughter Narrative and the Neoliberal American Dream of Transformative Femininity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3 Romancing the Self and Negotiating Postfeminist Consumer Citizenship in Asian American Women’\u003cbr\u003es Labor Lit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4 Neoliberal Detective Work: Uncovering Cosmopolitan Corruption in the New Economy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5 Food Writing and Transnational Belonging in Global Consumer Culture\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6 Conclusion: Crossing Over and Going Public\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"American Literatures Initiative","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584908095768,"sku":"9781439910191","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/asian-american-womens-popular-literature-feminizing-genres-and-neoliberal-belonging-paperback-softback-9781439910191","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}