Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 13:47:30 -0600 Subject: POSTCOLONIAL/The Deathly Embrace From: "Stacy Zellmann" <zellm003-AT-tc.umn.edu> Please post this to the POSTCOLONIAL listserv. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thank you. Best wishes, Stacy Zellmann Direct Marketing Coordinator University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 612-627-1934 http://www.upress.umn.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ The University of Minnesota Press is pleased to announce our latest book: The Deathly Embrace Orientalism and Asian American Identity by Sheng-mei Ma Broad in scope, penetrating in insight, Ma¹s work exposes the myriad ways in which Orientalism, an integral part of American culture, speaks through the texts of Asian Americans and nonAsian Americans alike. The result is a startling lesson in the construction of cultural identity. ³The Deathly Embrace probes into what makes Asian Americans so uncomfortable about themselves^Ë^Ëas they are depicted and fetishized in comicstrips, kung-fu movies, and even by some of their best-known writers. Ma's book is another subversive step towards liberating our thinking from the ^Ìdeathly embrace¹ of American-born and -bred orientalism as it is perpetuated through popular culture and media.² ^Ë^ËRussell Leong, $16.95 Paperback ISBN 0-8166-3711-3 $42.95 Hardcover ISBN 0-8166-3710-5 For more information, visit the book's webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/M/ma_embrace.html This book is available at bookstores and from the University of Minnesota Press at: (773)568-1550. --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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