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American Knees

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2005

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Read about the movie, Americanese, based on Shawn Wong's book, at: http://www.americanesethemovie.com

Author / Editor information

Contributor: Shawn Wong Shawn Wong is the author of the novels Homebase (1979), which won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and American Knees (1996). He is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Washington.

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"With American Knees, Wong constructs a fast-paced world of botched romances, sexual and racial stereotypes, and unfulfilled longing."

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"Shawn Wong adds a funny, sexy chapter to Asian American literature. . . . A multi-cultural comedy that relentlessly lampoons the incidents and incidentals of modern Asian American life."

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"Wong overturns the racial stereotypes perpetrated against Asians in this country, and he does so with humor to spare. . . . No one has more eloquently or joyfully asserted our belonging."

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"American Knees (a takeoff on the old schoolyard song, 'Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees. . .') is the story of how Raymond Ding, a politically correct man with a politically incorrect sense of humor, falls into, and out of, love with newspaper photographer Aurora Crane. As Raymond and Aurora’s story unfolds, Wong crafts some wonderfully telling and funny scenes of social relations in multicultural America."

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    Frontmatter

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    acknowledgments

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    introduction

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    1 loyalty, betrayal, & revenge

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    2 gold spike

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    3 eye contact

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    4 open curtains

    36
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    5 sleepwalking

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    6 fear of flying

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    7 moment resistance

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    8 chinese girls

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    9 pathology

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    10 betty loves raymond

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    11 medical history

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    12 extravagance and equilibrium

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    Praise for American Knees

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November 20, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9780295745282
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780295745282
eBook ISBN: 9780295745282
Keywords for this book
Asian American Studies; Literature / Fiction
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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