Dismantling Bellicose Identities: Strategic Language Games in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s <i>DICTEE</i>

Dismantling Bellicose Identities: Strategic Language Games in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s <i>DICTEE</i>

This essay argues that Cha’s <em>DICTEE</em> trains the reader in strategic language games in order to resist bellicose identities. It engages contemporary studies of multilingual literature in the United States, challenging overly optimistic visions of an inclusive cosmopolitanism that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hee-Jung Serenity Joo, Christina Lux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
Subjects:
asian american
theresa hak kyung cha
dictee
language games
asian american studies
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/19c9k0br

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