1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Terminology xv
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. Rhetorical Silence: “Seventeen Syllables,” “Yoneko’s Earthquake,” and “The Legend of Miss Sasagawara” 27
8. 3. Provocative Silence: The Woman Warrior and China Men 74
9. 4. Attentive Silence: Obasan 126
10. Coda 168
11. Bibliography 173
12. Index 189