Eating identities reading food in Asian American literature - Xu, Wenying; ebrary, Inc. (Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2008)
Enjoyment and ethnic identity in No-no boy and Obasan -- Masculinity, food, and appetite in Frank Chin's Donald Duk and "The eat and run midnight people" -- Class and cuisine: David Wong Louie's The barbarians are coming -- Diaspora, transcendentalism, and ethnic gastronomy in the works of Li-Young Lee -- Sexuality, colonialism, and ethnicity in Monique Truong's The book of salt and Mei Ng's Eating Chinese food naked -- Epilogue: eating identities.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: American literature -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism; Gastronomy in literature; Food habits in literature; Dinners and dining in literature; Cooking in literature; Asian Americans -- Intellectual life; Asian Americans in literature; Food habits -- Social aspects; Electronic books