Asian American Literature II
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Reading the Unwritten: Laughter and Other Non-Verbal Cues in Carlos Bulosan's The Laughter of My Father. Ayra Laciste, University of California, Riverside
Non-verbal cues in Carlos Bulosan's The Laughter of My Father evoke the difficulties of being Filipino in a foreign land, of desiring to simultaneously live within the American framework as well as critique the colonial activities taking place in the Philippines.
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Second Generation States of Belonging: Death and Exile in the Works of Jhumpa Lahiri. Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, Linfield College
In this paper, I want to draw attention to the symbolism of deaths in parental figures in Jhumpa Lahiri's works, and how such death effect the second generation’s affiliation to both their self, psyche and mother/land.
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How Kim Confounds the Dichotomies. Andrew Godefroy, Independent Scholar
“Kim” by Jana Monji presents us with a transgender, Vietnamese character who defies definition while performing stereotypes whenever it suits her needs. So, what does Kim mean for American culture? That is the question I explore in this paper.
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Differentiating and Linking: Medical Issues in Fox Girl. Jiena Sun, Binghamton University, SUNY
This paper examines how race is played out in the arena of medicine in Fox Girl. I argue that medicine helps form the cycle of degraded oriental mother and polluted mixed-racial daughter, and more importantly, break this cycle by the diseased woman’s efforts to become her own healing agency.
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