Essays about: "Victoria Balakireva"

Found 1 essay containing the words Victoria Balakireva.

  1. 1. The Mah Jong Game of Life : Storytelling, Identity and Orientalist Discourse in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Victoria Balakireva; [2021]
    Keywords : Amy Tan; Asian American literature; Orientalism; language; storytelling; representation;

    Abstract : This project examines the connection between the representations of Chinese American women and the Orientalist discourse, as depicted in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. Using a deconstructive and intersectional approach, the project focuses on four interconnected constituents that regulate the novel’s main structural and thematic elements: Narrative Structure; Mother-Daughter Relationships; Language, Writing and Identity; and Feminist Affirmations. READ MORE