My Viet by Michele Janette
Twentieth-century America reduced Vietnam to "'Nam": the surreal site of a military nightmare. The early twenty-first century has seen the revision of this image to recognize the people and culture of Vietnam itself. Vietnamese Americans, both immigrants and the American children of immigrants, have participated in changing this perception, consistently presenting their side of the story in memoirs published since the 1960s. My Viet is the first anthology to provide a comprehensive overview of these memoirs and the historical picture they offer and to includeVietnamese writing that goes beyond memoir, revealing a new generation of Vietnamese American poetry, fiction, and drama. My Viet presents a rich, varied, and provocative collection of literary work that explores Vietnam from many Vietnamese points of view, sees America through a specifically Vietnamese American lens, and broadens the scope of Vietnamese American literature to its fullest extent.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780824834463 |
| ISBN 10 | 0824834461 |
| Title | My Viet |
| Author | Michele Janette |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Hawai'i Press |
| Year published | 2011-07-30 |
| Number of pages | 282 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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