Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    This Is All I Choose to Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature
    This Is All I Choose to Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature
    This Is All I Choose to Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature
    Ebook200 pages4 hours

    This Is All I Choose to Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature

    By Isabelle Thuy Pelaud

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    In the first book-length study of Vietnamese American literature, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud probes the complexities of Vietnamese American identity and politics. She provides an analytical introduction to the literature, showing how generational differences play out in genre and text. In addition, she asks, can the term Vietnamese American be disassociated from representations of the war without erasing its legacy?

    Pelaud delineates the historical, social, and cultural terrains of the writing as well as the critical receptions and responses to them. She moves beyond the common focus on the Vietnam war to develop an interpretive framework that integrates post-colonialism with the multi-generational refugee, immigrant, and transnational experiences at the center of Vietnamese American narratives.

    Her readings of key works, such as Andrew Pham's Catfish and Mandala and Lan Cao's Monkey Bridge show how trauma, racism, class and gender play a role in shaping the identities of Vietnamese American characters and narrators.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTemple University Press
    Release dateDec 17, 2010
    ISBN9781439902189
    This Is All I Choose to Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature

    Related to This Is All I Choose to Tell

    Related ebooks

    Literary Criticism For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      ‘Reading Is Resistance’: Students And Parents Take On DeSantis’s Book Bans

      Sep 23, 2023

      This summer, Iris Mogul – a junior at a Miami high school – found out that she wouldn’t be able to take an AP African American history course that she had planned for the coming semester because it had been blocked by the state’s department of educat

      4 min read

    • Article

      Why We Write

      Feb 7, 2018

      STEPHANIE STOKES OLIVER has spent her career in magazine and book publishing. Formerly the fashion and beauty merchandising editor at Glamour, founding editor in chief of Heart & Soul, and editor in chief of Essence.com, she most recently served as v

      7 min read

    • Article

      There Is No Right Way To Fight For Your Life

      Jun 5, 2020

      AS PROTESTS SPRING UP ACROSS the country and around the world in response to the video of George Floyd’s murder, there seems to be some confusion about why this moment, this death at the hands of police, has sparked so much outrage. And if it were an

      2 min read

    • Article

      Ocean Vuong shares stories behind 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous'

      Jan 29, 2020

      LOS ANGELES - Ocean Vuong said he wrote the first draft of his bestselling novel by hand - and in a closet. It was the only quiet space in his home. "It was perfect. ... I cleared out the closet. I put a lamp in there. I put on my headphones, and it

      3 min read

    • Article

      Writing Family History

      Dec 15, 2021

      Writing Family History
      5 min read

    • Article

      An Anti-Racist Poetry Reading List

      Jun 8, 2020

      These recent poetry collections offer poignant narratives and snapshots of racial injustice in America. The post An Anti-Racist Poetry Reading List appeared first on The Millions.

      1 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Robert Jones, Jr.

      Dec 2, 2021

      This year I realized that there is a distinct difference between reading books as an average reader and as someone whose own book is now out in the world, The post A Year in Reading: Robert Jones, Jr. appeared first on The Millions.

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Future Is Podcast

      Sep 10, 2019

      The Future Is Podcast
      2 min read

    • Article

      In 'A More Beautiful And Terrible History,' Fuel For The Fight Ahead

      Feb 4, 2018

      Jeanne Theoharis' new book re-examines civil rights history and the way it's been manipulated. "It is used to make us feel good about ourselves, to make us feel good about our progress," she says.

      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for This Is All I Choose to Tell

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      This Is All I Choose to Tell - Isabelle Thuy Pelaud

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1