Ho, Jennifer Ann, 1970-

Consumption and identity in Asian American coming-of-age novels / Jennifer Ann Ho. - 1 online resource (213 pages). - Studies in Asian Americans . - Asian Americans. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index.

Consuming Asian American history in Frank Chin's Donald Duk -- To eat, to buy, to be : consumption as identity in Lois Ann Yamanaka's Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers -- Feeding the spirit : mourning for the mother(land) in Lan Cao's Monkey Bridge and Nora Okja Keller's Comfort Woman -- Fusion creations in Gus Lee's China Boy and Gish Jen's Mona in the Promised Land.

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American fiction--Asian American authors--History and criticism.
Bildungsromans, American--History and criticism.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Asian Americans--Intellectual life.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Food habits in literature.


Electronic books.

PS153.A84 / H58 2004

813.009/895