Title: Tell this silence
Description: "Tell This Silence by Patti Duncan explores multiple meanings of speech and silence in Asian American women's writings in order to explore relationships among race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. Duncan argues that contemporary definitions of U.S. feminism must be expanded to recognize the ways in which Asian American women have resisted and continue to challenge the various forms of oppression in their lives. There has not yet been adequate discussion of the multiple meanings of silence and speech, especially in relation to activism and social-justice movements in the United States. In particular, the very notion of silence continues to invoke assumptions of passivity, submissiveness, and avoidance, while speech is equated with action and empowerment."--Jacket.
Subjects: American literature, Asian American authors, Asian American women, Asian American women in literature, Asian Americans in literature, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Politics and literature, Sex role in literature, Silence in literature, Women and literature, Women authors
Places: United States