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Un)Doing the Missionary Position: Gender Asymmetry in Contemporary Asian American Women's Writing
Contributor(s): Kafka, Phillipa (Author)

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ISBN: 0313301611     ISBN-13: 9780313301612
Publisher: Praeger
OUR PRICE: $99.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: June 1997
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - Asian American
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
Dewey: 810.992
LCCN: 96027391
Series: Contributions in Women's Studies
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.54" W x 9.54" L (1.05 lbs) 216 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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While the writing of other ethnic women has already been receiving considerable attention, the writing of Asian American women has not. (Un)Doing is the first feminist theoretical work to look at writing by such contemporary Asian American writers as Amy Tan, Fae Myenne Ng, R. A. Sasaki, Gish Jen, and Cynthia Kadohata. Viewing them as feminist and postfeminist writers, Kafka argues that gender asymmetry in all its varied forms and guises is the major issue that they confront. Satirizing this world-wide oppression as the missionary position, Kafka urges ethnic and women of color feminist critics to focus more on commonalities rather than view differences as impenetrable barriers.

 
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