Amy Tan

by Bella Adams

Book Overview

This is the most comprehensive study to date of Amy Tan's work. It offers close readings of her texts in the context of broader debates about the representation of identity, history and reality.

In contrast with Tan's own American-born narrators, and mainstream critics, Bella Adams's study looks beyond the stereotypes which appear in Tan's books, and explores the ways in which Chinese immigrants and their American relatives struggle to understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719062071
• ISBN13: 9780719062070
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"