Unfastened: Globality and Asian North American Narratives
By (Author) Eleanor Ty
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
23rd March 2010
United States
General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
Ethnic studies
810.9
Paperback
216
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 13mm
UnfastenedUltimately, Ty sees in these diverse narratives unfastened mobile subjects, heroes, and travelers who use everyday tactics to challenge inequitable circumstances in their lives brought about by globalization.
Eleanor Ty is professor of English and film studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. She has published widely on Asian North American literature and film and on eighteenth-century British literature.