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Writing Selves In Diaspora
Ethnography of Autobiographics of Korean Women in Japan and the United States
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eBook - PDF
Writing Selves In Diaspora
Ethnography of Autobiographics of Korean Women in Japan and the United States
About this book
Linking autobiographic writings by Korean women in Japan and the United States and the author's ethnographic insights, Writing Selves in Diaspora presents an original, profound, and powerful intervention-both literary and anthropological-in our understanding of life in diaspora, being female, and forming selves.
Each chapter offers unique and original discussion on the intersection between gender and diaspora on one hand and the process of the self's formation on the other. Chapters are mutually engaging, yet have independent themes to explore: language and self, romantic love, exile and totalitarianism, the ethic of care, and critique of medicalization of identity. Through the introduction of women's lives and introspection and interpretation accorded to them, this book delivers an unprecedented text of candor and courage.
This book will have appeal for both academic and intellectually-informed lay readers interested in gender, self, and diaspora.
Each chapter offers unique and original discussion on the intersection between gender and diaspora on one hand and the process of the self's formation on the other. Chapters are mutually engaging, yet have independent themes to explore: language and self, romantic love, exile and totalitarianism, the ethic of care, and critique of medicalization of identity. Through the introduction of women's lives and introspection and interpretation accorded to them, this book delivers an unprecedented text of candor and courage.
This book will have appeal for both academic and intellectually-informed lay readers interested in gender, self, and diaspora.
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Yes, you can access Writing Selves In Diaspora by Sonia Ryang in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Asian Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The Sacred Text in the Making: The Korean Diaspora and Autobiographic Writings
- Chapter 1. Many Ways to Be Korean—and Something Else: An Inquiry into the Self
- Chapter 2. Love and Diaspora: A Romantic Autobiography of a Korean Woman in Japan
- Chapter 3. A Letter from Afar: Totalitarianism, Neoliberalism, and Self-Reference
- Chapter 4. Diaspora and the Ethic of Care: A Note on Disability, Aging, and the Vulnerability of the Denationalized
- Chapter 5. Terra Incognita: Family Maps of Diaspora
- References
- Index
- About the Author