
Representations
Doing Asian American Rhetoric
Utah State University Press
Will be published approx. on 28. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-0-87421-724-7 (ISBN)
Description
Asian American rhetorics, produced through cultural contact between Asian traditions and US English, also comprise a dynamic influence on the cultural conditions and practices within which they move. Though always interesting to linguists and "contact language" scholars, in an increasingly globalized era, these subjects are of interest to scholars in a widening range of disciplines--especially those in rhetoric and writing studies. Mao, Young, and their contributors propose that Asian American discourse should be seen as a spacious form, one that deliberately and selectively incorporates Asian "foreign-ness" into the English of Asian Americans. These authors offer the concept of a dynamic "togetherness-in-difference" as a way to theorize the contact and mutual influence. Chapters here explore a rich diversity of histories, theories, literary texts, and rhetorical practices. Collectively, they move the scholarly discussion toward a more nuanced, better balanced, critically informed representation of the forms of Asian American rhetorics and the cultural work that they do.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Logan
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 21 to 99 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87421-724-7 (9780874217247)
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