Reading Asian American fiction, history and life writing: international encounters -- The escape from Asia tradition: cultural revolution expatriate memoirs -- Contemporary transracial adoption narratives: prospects and perspectives -- A secret history: American representations of geisha society -- Korean expatriate writing and the history of the Korean peninsula
Summary
The last ten years have witnessed an enormous growth in American interest in Asia and Asian/American history. In particular, a set of key Asian historical moments have recently become the subject of intense American cultural scrutiny, namely China's Cultural Revolution and its aftermath; the Korean American war and its legacy; the era of Japanese geisha culture and its subsequent decline; and China's one-child policy and the rise of transracial, international adoption in its wake. Grice examines and accounts for this cultural and literary preoccupation, exploring the corresponding historical-p
