Presents essays that examine women's issues in "The Joy Luck Club," discussing such topics as gender and ethnic identity, female empowerment, cultural conflict, and stereotypes about immigrant women.
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Presents essays that examine women's issues in "The Joy Luck Club," discussing such topics as gender and ethnic identity, female empowerment, cultural conflict, and stereotypes about immigrant women.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-187) and index
Amy Ling: Introduction ; Chronology ; ch. 1. Background on Amy Tan ; 1. The life of Amy Tan/ Laurie Champion ; 2. Tan turns autobiography into powerful fiction
Amy Tan: 3. The Joy Luck Club is not strictly autobiographical
Walter Shear: ch. 2. The Joy Luck Club and women's issues ; 1. Tan's young women must rediscover their Chinese identity
Zenobia Mistri: 2. June's symbolic journey to discover her ethnic identity
Wendy Ho: 3. Damaged by their mothers' high expectations
Gloria Shen: 4. Storytelling reconciles mothers and daughters
Helena Grice: 5. The maternal line of descent dominates The Joy Luck Club
Bonnie Braendlin: 6. Mother/daughter relationships in the post women's liberation era
Patricia P. Chu: 7. Female empowerment in The Joy Luck Club
Catherine Romagnolo: 8. Tan's beginning rejects stereotypes about immigrant women
Leslie Bow: 9. Empowerment through woman-to-woman bonding
Yuan Shu: 10. Asian American gender stereotypes in The Joy Luck Club
Jean Lau Chin: 11. Tan portrays strong Asian women
Paula Caplan: ch. 3. Contemporary perspectives on women's issues ; 1. Mothers are society's scapegoats
Nikki A. Toyama: 2. Asian American women must overcome limiting cultural stereotypes
Beverly Yuen Thompson: 3. Bioculturalism leads to one woman's acceptance of bisexuality
Iris Chang: 4. Asian women are still not completely accepted in the United States
International Labour Organization (ILO): 5. More women are working, but job equality remains elusive
Eleanor Holmes Norton: 6. Feminism is not dead, just evolving
