Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.
Contents:
Born of a stranger: mother-daughter relationships and storytelling in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club -- Voice, mind, self: mother-daughter relationships in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and The kitchen god's wife -- Hanyu at The Joy Luck Club -- Discovering the ethnic name and the genealogical tie in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club -- The role of mah jong in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club -- Feng shui, astrology, and the five elements: traditional Chinese belief in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club -- Moving forward to reach the past: the dialogics of time in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club -- Mothers' "China narrative": recollection and translation in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and The kitchen god's wife -- Identity-in-difference: re-generating debate about intergenerational relationships in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club -- Choosing hope and remaking kinship: Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club.
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