{"product_id":"unquiet-tropes-form-race-and-asian-american-literature-paperback-softback-9781439911259","title":"Unquiet Tropes; Form, Race, and Asian American Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439911259","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnquiet Tropes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eForm, Race, and Asian American Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElda E Tsou (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439911259\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.298 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\u003eUntil quite recently, Asian American literary criticism had little to do with form. Instead, the tendency was to bind the literary tradition to identity formation. For Elda Tsou, however, the distinctions of ethnic writing extend beyond such facile referential practices to incorporate form and aesthetics. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eUnquiet Tropes, \u003c\/i\u003eTsou reconceptualizes the literature as a set of highly particular classical rhetorical tropes including antanaclasis, rhetorical question, apophasis, catachresis, and allegory. Looking at five canonical works—\u003ci\u003eAiiieeeee!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChina Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlu's Hanging\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNative Speaker—\u003c\/i\u003eTsou shows how these texts use figurative means to confront the problem of race. She also explores how traces of Asian American history live on through these figures.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Each case study in \u003ci\u003eUnquiet Tropes\u003c\/i\u003e considers a different scenario—defiance, coercion, necessity, error, and deceit—to show how literary representation from the 1950s through 1997 has responded to a specific political condition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction: Aiiieeeee! and the Phantom Trope \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1 Rhetorical Question: No-No Boy and Coercion \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2 Apophasis: China Men and Necessity \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3 Catachresis: Blu’\u003cbr\u003es Hanging and Error  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4 Allegory: Native Speaker and Deceit  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eConclusion \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBibliography  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex \u003c\/div\u003e\n\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":52584909177112,"sku":"9781439911259","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unquiet-tropes-form-race-and-asian-american-literature-paperback-softback-9781439911259","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}