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Begin Here: Reading Asian North American Autobiographies of Childhood (Asian American Studies) by Rocío G Davis; ProQuest (Firm) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An analytically innovative work, Begin Here widens the current critical focus of Asian North American literary studies by proposing an integrated thematic and narratological approach to the practice of autobiography. It demonstrates how Asian North American memoirs of childhood challenge the construction and performative potential of national experiences. This understanding influences theoretical approaches to ethnic life writing, expanding the boundaries of traditional autobiography by negotiating narrative techniques and genre and raising complex questions about self-representation and the construction of cultural memory. By examining the artistic project of some fifty Asian North American writers who deploy their childhood narratives in the representation of the individual processes of self-identification and negotiation of cultural and national affiliation, this work provides a comprehensive overview of Asian North American autobiographies of childhood published over the last century. Importantly, it also attends to new ways of writing autobiographies, employing comics, blending verse, prose, diaries, and life writing for children, and using rela

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Author

Rocío G Davis; ProQuest (Firm)

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781435666412

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Biography

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14