{"product_id":"sticky-rice-cynthia-wu-9781439915813","title":"Sticky Rice: A Politics of Intraracial Desire: A Politics of Intraracial Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eCynthia Wu's provocative \u003ci\u003eSticky Rice \u003c\/i\u003eexamines representations of same-sex desires and intraracial intimacies in some of the most widely read pieces of Asian American literature. Analyzing canonical works such as John Okada's \u003ci\u003eNo-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Monique Truong's \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e, H. T. Tsiang's \u003ci\u003eAnd China Has Hands\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lois-Ann Yamanaka's \u003ci\u003eBlu's Hanging\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Philip Kan Gotanda's play, \u003ci\u003eYankee Dawg You Die, \u003c\/i\u003e Wu considers how male relationships in these texts blur the boundaries among the homosocial, the homoerotic, and the homosexual in ways that lie beyond our concepts of modern gay identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"sticky rice\" of Wu's title is a term used in gay Asian American culture to describe Asian American men who desire other Asian American men. The bonds between men addressed in \u003ci\u003eSticky Rice\u003c\/i\u003e show how the thoughts and actions founded by real-life intraracially desiring Asian-raced men can inform how we read the refusal of multiple normativities in Asian Americanist discourse. Wu lays bare the trope of male same-sex desires that grapple with how Asian America's internal divides can be resolved in order to resist assimilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Wu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439915814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439915813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019","brand":"Cynthia Wu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065587839231,"sku":"9781439915813","price":94.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f811b58a-72ab-4de9-9470-85aad9fb02dc.jpg?v=1768675962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sticky-rice-cynthia-wu-9781439915813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}