The politics of the visible in Asian North American narratives /
Examining nine Asian Canadian and Asian American narratives, Eleanor Ty explores how authors empower themselves, represent differences, and re-script their identities as 'visible minorities' within the ideological, imaginative, and discursive space given to them by dominant culture. In var...
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
©2004.
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