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879813
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Bow, Leslie,1962-
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| Title & Author
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Betrayal and other acts of subversion : : feminism, sexual politics, Asian American women's literature /\ Leslie Bow.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton, N.J. :: Princeton University Press,, ©2001.
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1 online resource (x, 212 pages)
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| ISBN
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1400814030
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: 1400824141
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: 9781400814039
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: 9781400824144
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069107092X
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0691070938
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9780691070926
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9780691070933
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
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| Abstract
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Asian American women have long dealt with charges of betrayal within and beyond their communities. Images of their "disloyalty" pervade American culture, from the daughter who is branded a traitor to family for adopting American ways, to the war bride who immigrates in defiance of her countrymen, to a figure such as Yoko Ono, accused of breaking up the Beatles with her "seduction" of John Lennon. Leslie Bow here explores how representations of females transgressing the social order play out in literature by Asian American women. Questions of ethnic belonging, sexuality, identification, and pol.
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American literature-- Asian American authors-- History and criticism.
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American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Asian American women in literature.
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Asian American women-- Intellectual life.
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Asian Americans in literature.
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Feminism and literature-- United States.
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Sex role in literature.
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Women and literature-- United States.
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American literature-- Asian American authors.
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American literature-- Women authors.
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Asian American women in literature.
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Asian American women-- Intellectual life.
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Asian Americans in literature.
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Asiatin
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Ethnische Identität
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Feminism and literature.
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Frauenliteratur
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- Asian American.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Politik
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Sex role in literature.
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Sexualität
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Women and literature.
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Geschichte 1960-2000.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/9287/08995
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| LC Classification
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PS153.A84B69 2001eb
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