Words Matter Conversations With Asian American Writers (Intersections, Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies) [#1022157]

Words Matter: Conversations With Asian American Writers (Intersections, Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies) By King-Kok Cheung
2000 | 402 Pages | ISBN: 0824821343 | PDF | 1 MB
Words Matter is the first collection of interviews with 20th-century Asian American writers. The conversations that have been gathered here--interviews with twenty writers possessing unique backgrounds, perspectives, thematic concerns, and artistic priorities--effectively dispel any easy categorizations of people of Asian descent. These writers comment on their own work and speak frankly about aesthetics, politics, and the challenges they have encountered in pursuing a writing career. They address, among other issues, the expectations attached to the label "Asian American," the burden of representation shouldered by ethnic artists, and the different demands of "mainstream" and ethnic audiences.