Troubling borders
Subtitle: an anthology of art and literature by Southeast Asian women in the diaspora
By: edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan Duong, Mariam B. Lam, and Kathy L. Nguyen
Contributors: Nguyẽ̂n, Kathy L., editor
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780295993195
Subjects: Women authors; Women artists; Women and literature; History and criticism; Southeast Asian literature (English); Southeast Asian diaspora in literature
Description: "Pairing image and text, Troubling Borders showcases creative writing and visual artworks by sixty-one women of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Thai, and Filipino ancestry. The collection features compelling storytelling that troubles the borders of categorization and reflects the multilayered experience of Southeast Asian women. The diverse voices featured here have been shaped by colonization, wars, globalization, and militarization. For some of these women on the margins of the margin, crafting and showing their work is a bold act in itself. Their provocative and accessible creations tell unique stories, provide a sharp contrast to familiar stereotypes-Southeast Asian women as exotic sex symbols, dragon ladies, prostitutes, and "bar girls"-and serve as entry points for broader discussions on questions of history, memory, and identity." -- Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Wombs and Wounds: Family Relations in the Diaspora; title: Coming to Voice: Language, Writing, Literacy; title: Homes and Homelands; title: Loving Sex/Sexing Love; title: Militarized Lives; title: Asians in America; title: Race, Roots, Religion; title: Travel Narratives and Narratives That Travel; title: Speech Acts: Labor, Activism, Resistance.