Barbie Chang
By: Victoria Chang
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: La Vergne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781619321793
Subjects: Asian American women; Poetry; Asian Americans; American poetry; Américaines d'origine asiatique; Poésie; Américains d'origine asiatique; FICTION; General
Description: Barbie's cultural artifice is unmasked by Victoria Chang's imagination, lifting the struggle of Asian American experience to mythic levels.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Note to Reader; Dedication; Contents; Once Barbie Chang Worked; Part I; Barbie Chang Parks; Barbie Chang's Father Paid; Barbie Chang Runs; Once Barbie Chang Loved; Barbie Chang Shakes; Barbie Chang Can't Stop Watching; Mr. Darcy Leans; Is a Windcatcher; The Prognosis Is Poor; Barbie Chang Got Her Hair Done; Mr. Darcy Takes Barbie Chang; Barbie Chang Loves Evites; These Men Can Be Collected; Barbie Chang Has No Intention; Mr. Darcy Grabs; Barbie Chang's Father Calls; Barbie Chang Waits; Part II; Dear P.; Part III; The Doctor Says Hospice; Mr. Darcy Comes Again.; title: Barbie Chang Vows to QuitBarbie Chang's Tears; There Are Lungs; Mr. Darcy Grows; Barbie Chang's Daughter; Then Barbie Chang; Barbie Chang Keeps Watching; Barbie Chang Wants to Be Someone; In the End Elizabeth; Is It Rude for Barbie Chang; Barbie Chang's Mother Calls; Once a Man Said Everything; Barbie Chang Refuses; In and Out These Men Go; Some Days Barbie Chang; Barbie Chang Should Have Seen; Barbie Chang is Done; Barbie Chang Pokes Through; How Alone Barbie Chang's Mother; Part IV; Dear P. There will be a circle; Dear P. Let her let them; Dear P. Someone will love you.; title: Dear P. If you are like meDear P. Please forage please do not; Dear P. One night the power; Dear P. Now that my heart; About the Author; Also by Victoria Chang; Acknowledgments; Copyright; Special Thanks.