{"product_id":"virtual-lotus-teri-shaffer-yamada-9780472097890","title":"Virtual Lotus: Modern Fiction of Southeast Asia","description":"\u003ci\u003eVirtual Lotus\u003c\/i\u003e is the first anthology to represent diverse writers throughout Southeast Asia. Their short stories reflect the tremendous social, political, and cultural changes experienced in the region during an age of rapid modernization. Both award-winning writers and new talent are represented, including Pramoedya Ananta Toer (Indonesia), Shahnon Ahmad (Malaysia), and Duong Thu Huong (Vietnam). With keen wit, satire, and pathos their stories poignantly illustrate contemporary life and literary currents in Southeast Asia during the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003eShort introductions to each story provide a sketch of the country's literary history, revealing the interaction between individual writers and their sociopolitical situations. Many of the stories are ethnographic and provide snapshots of cultures at a specific historical moment. The stories also reflect gender balance, diversity of style, and quality of literary expression. Exploring everything from the realities of being a middle-aged woman in Burma in the witty drama \"An Umbrella\" to the difficult choice between appeasing a troubled Vietnamese community or tending to an ailing father in \"Tu Ben the Actor,\" this collection is sure to appeal to a variety of readers the world over.\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology will be useful in courses in comparative translation and culture, postcolonial studies, political science, Asian history, and gender studies. It is also appropriate for a literary reading public interested in comparative world literature.\u003cbr\u003eTeri Shaffer Yamada is Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Teri Shaffer Yamada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047209789X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472097890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.40w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 66","brand":"Teri Shaffer Yamada","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621738590463,"sku":"9780472097890","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/virtual-lotus-teri-shaffer-yamada-9780472097890","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}