Across Meridians: History and Figuration in Karen Tei Yamashitaas Transnational Novels

by Jinqi Ling

Book Overview

Over the course of the last two decades, novelist Karen Tei Yamashita has reshaped the Asian American literary imagination in profound ways. In Across Meridians, Jinqi Ling offers readers the most critically engaged examination to date of Yamashita's literary corpus. Crafted at the intersection of intellectual history, ethnic studies, literary analysis, and critical theory, Ling's study goes beyond textual investigation to intervene in larger...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804778019
• ISBN13: 9780804778015
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"