Unfastened: Globality and Asian North American Narratives

by Eleanor Ty

Book Overview

Unfastened examines literary works and films by Asian Americans and Asian Canadians that respond critically to globality--the condition in which traditional national, cultural, geographical, and economic boundaries have been--supposedly--surmounted. In this wide-ranging exploration, Eleanor Ty reveals how novelists such as Brian Ascalon Roley, Han Ong, Lydia Kwa, and Nora Okja Keller interrogate the theoretical freedom that globalization promises...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816665087
• ISBN13: 9780816665082
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"