Troubling Borders - An Anthology of Art and Literature by Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora (Paperback)

Juxtaposing short stories, poetry, painting, and photographs, Troubling Borders showcases the creative work of women of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Thai, and Filipino ancestry. This thematically arranged collection interrupts borders of categorization and gender, in what preface author Shirley Geok-Lin Lim describes as a "leap over the barbed fences that have kept these women apart in these, our United States of America." The sixty-two contributors have been shaped by colonization, wars, globalization, and militarization. For some of these women on the margins of the margin, crafting and showing their work is a bold act in itself. Their provocative and accessible creations tell unique stories, provide sharp contrasts to familiar stereotypes-Southeast Asian women as exotic sex symbols, dragon ladies, prostitutes, or "bar girls"-and serve as entry points for broader discussions about questions of history, memory, and identity.

General

Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2020
Editors:	Isabelle Thuy Pelaud • Lan Duong • Mariam B. Lam • Kathy L Nguyen
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-0-295-74727-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-295-74727-7
Barcode:	9780295747279

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