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Begin here : reading Asian North American autobiographies of childhood /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Rocío G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Asians > Canada > Social conditions.
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Children in literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Autobiography > Asian American authors.
Children > Canada > Biography > History and criticism.
Children > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
Asian American children > Biography > History and criticism.
Asians > Canada > Biography > History and criticism.
Asian Americans > Biography > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • To begin here
  • The Asian childhood : writing beginnings
  • Cultural revolutions and takeovers : war as structure
  • The liminal childhood : biraciality as narrative position
  • Citizens or denizens : inscribing the tropes of Asian North Americanization
  • In North America : formulating experience
  • The childhood for children : the cultural experience of the early reader
  • Conclusion : rewriting the childhood.