| Description |
191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Social issues in literature. |
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Social issues in literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-187) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Chronology -- ch. 1. Background on Amy Tan -- 1. The life of Amy Tan/ Laurie Champion -- 2. Tan turns autobiography into powerful fiction / Amy Ling -- 3. The Joy Luck Club is not strictly autobiographical / Amy Tan -- ch. 2. The Joy Luck Club and women's issues -- 1. Tan's young women must rediscover their Chinese identity / Walter Shear -- 2. June's symbolic journey to discover her ethnic identity / Zenobia Mistri -- 3. Damaged by their mothers' high expectations / Wendy Ho -- 4. Storytelling reconciles mothers and daughters / Gloria Shen -- 5. The maternal line of descent dominates The Joy Luck Club / Helena Grice -- 6. Mother/daughter relationships in the post women's liberation era / Bonnie Braendlin -- 7. Female empowerment in The Joy Luck Club / Patricia P. Chu. |
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8. Tan's beginning rejects stereotypes about immigrant women / Catherine Romagnolo -- 9. Empowerment through woman-to-woman bonding / Leslie Bow -- 10. Asian American gender stereotypes in The Joy Luck Club / Yuan Shu -- 11. Tan portrays strong Asian women / Jean Lau Chin -- ch. 3. Contemporary perspectives on women's issues -- 1. Mothers are society's scapegoats / Paula Caplan -- 2. Asian American women must overcome limiting cultural stereotypes / Nikki A. Toyama -- 3. Bioculturalism leads to one woman's acceptance of bisexuality / Beverly Yuen Thompson -- 4. Asian women are still not completely accepted in the United States / Iris Chang -- 5. More women are working, but job equality remains elusive / International Labour Organization (ILO) -- 6. Feminism is not dead, just evolving / Eleanor Holmes Norton -- For further discussion -- For further reading -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Presents essays that examine women's issues in "The Joy Luck Club, " discussing such topics as gender and ethnic identity, female empowerment, cultural conflict, and stereotypes about immigrant women. |
| Subject |
Tan, Amy. Joy Luck Club.
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Women in literature.
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Chinese American women in literature.
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Mothers and daughters in literature.
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| Added Author |
Wiener, Gary.
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| ISBN |
9780737738988 |
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0737738987 |
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9780737739022 paperback |
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0737739029 paperback |
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