{"product_id":"asian-american-womens-popular-literature-pamela-thoma-9781439910184","title":"Asian American Women's Popular Literature: Feminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging","description":"Popular genre fiction written by Asian American women and featuring Asian American characters gained a market presence in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. These \"crossover\" books--mother-daughter narratives, chick lit, detective fiction, and food writing--attempt to bridge ethnic audiences and a broader reading public. In \u003ci\u003eAsian American Women's Popular Literature, \u003c\/i\u003e Pamela Thoma considers how these books both depict contemporary American-ness and contribute critically to public dialogue about national belonging. Novels such as Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan's \u003ci\u003eChina Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e and Sonia Singh's \u003ci\u003eGoddess for Hire\u003c\/i\u003e, or mysteries including Sujata Massey's \u003ci\u003eGirl in a Box\u003c\/i\u003e and Suki Kim's \u003ci\u003eThe Interpreter, \u003c\/i\u003ereveal Asian American women's ambivalence about the trappings and prescriptions of mainstream American society. Thoma shows how these writers' works address the various pressures on women to manage their roles in relation to family and finances--reconciling the demands of work, consumer culture, and motherhood--in a neoliberal society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA volume in the American Literatures Initiative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Thoma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439910189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439910184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Literatures Initiative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Pamela Thoma","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065586200831,"sku":"9781439910184","price":86.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec8434ea-036b-47db-8e4f-f64989f34422.jpg?v=1768675952","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asian-american-womens-popular-literature-pamela-thoma-9781439910184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}