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Asianfail - Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority (Paperback) Loot Price: R693
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Asianfail - Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority (Paperback): Eleanor Ty

Asianfail - Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority (Paperback)

Eleanor Ty

Series: Asian American Experience

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Eleanor Ty's bold exploration of literature, plays, and film reveals how young Asian Americans and Asian Canadians have struggled with the ethos of self-sacrifice preached by their parents. This new generation's narratives focus on protagonists disenchanted with their daily lives. Many are depressed. Some are haunted by childhood memories of war, trauma, and refugee camps. Rejecting an obsession with professional status and money, they seek fulfillment by prioritizing relationships, personal growth, and cultural success. As Ty shows, these storytellers have done more than reject a narrowly defined road to happiness. They have rejected neoliberal capitalism itself. In so doing, they demand that the rest of us reconsider our outmoded ideas about the so-called model minority.

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Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Asian American Experience
Release date: March 2017
Authors: Eleanor Ty
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 978-0-252-08235-1
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-252-08235-4
Barcode: 9780252082351

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