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