| Writing Selves in Diaspora: Ethnography of Autobiographics of Korean Women in Japan and the United States Contributor(s): Ryang, Sonia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739129015 ISBN-13: 9780739129012 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $126.72 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: Writing Selves in Diaspora is a work born out of long-term fieldwork by the author, Sonia Ryang, in Japan and the United States, spanning more than one and a half decades. It offers an unprecedented insight into Korean women's lives and their formation of self in diaspora in Japan and the United States. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Literary Criticism | Asian - Japanese |
| Dewey: 305.488 |
| LCCN: 2008020197 |
| Series: New Asian Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Japanese - Ethnic Orientation - Korean |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |