Tiger Writing Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self |
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| Author:
| Jen, Gish |
| Series title: | The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-07283-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world.
Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world.