TY - GEN T1 - Betrayal and other acts of subversion : feminism, sexual politics, Asian American women's literature A1 - Bow, Leslie, 1962- LA - English PP - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2001 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn756502290 AB - 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. OP - 212 CN - PS153.A84 B69 2001eb SN - 9781400824144 SN - 1400824141 SN - 1400814030 SN - 9781400814039 SN - 0691070938 SN - 9780691070933 SN - 069107092X SN - 9780691070926 KW - American literature : Asian American authors : History and criticism. KW - American literature : Women authors : History and criticism. KW - Asian American women : Intellectual life. KW - Feminism and literature : United States. KW - Women and literature : United States. KW - Asian American women in literature. KW - Asian Americans in literature. KW - Sex role in literature. KW - Littérature américaine : Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique : Histoire et critique. KW - Écrits de femmes américains : Histoire et critique. KW - Américaines d'origine asiatique : Vie intellectuelle. KW - Femmes et littérature : États-Unis. KW - Américaines d'origine asiatique dans la littérature. KW - Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature. KW - Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : Asian American. KW - American literature : Asian American authors KW - American literature : Women authors KW - Asian American women in literature KW - Asian American women : Intellectual life KW - Asian Americans in literature KW - Feminism and literature KW - Sex role in literature KW - Women and literature KW - United States KW - Frauenliteratur KW - Ethnische Identität KW - Asiatin KW - Sexualität KW - Politik KW - USA KW - Geschichte 1960-2000. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -