Begin here : reading Asian North American autobiographies of childhood

Begin here : reading Asian North American autobiographies of childhood / Rocío G. Davis.

Author/creator	Davis, Rocío G.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2007.
Description	xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Asian Americans--Biography --History and criticism. Asians--Canada --Biography --History and criticism. Asian American children--Biography --History and criticism. Children--United States --Biography --History and criticism. Children--Canada --Biography --History and criticism. Autobiography--Asian American authors. Asian Americans in literature. Children in literature. Asian Americans--Social conditions. Asians--Canada --Social conditions.

Contents	To begin here -- The Asian childhood : writing beginnings -- Cultural revolutions and takeovers : war as structure -- The liminal childhood : biraciality as narrative position -- Citizens or denizens : inscribing the tropes of Asian North Americanization -- In North America : formulating experience -- The childhood for children : the cultural experience of the early reader -- Conclusion : rewriting the childhood.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-222) and index.
LCCN	2006022571
ISBN	082483092X (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780824830922 (cloth : acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E184.A75 D38 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold