{"product_id":"reading-with-my-grandmother-chinese-canadian-literature-history-and-family-9781771127288","title":"Reading with My Grandmother: Chinese Canadian Literature, History, and Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading With My Grandmother\u003c\/i\u003e is an analysis of a range of Chinese Canadian literature that deepens the scholarly engagement by using elements of the author's family's story--her grandmother's letters and and photographs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis engagement allows the author to simultaneously illustrate and participate in the varied ways Chinese Canadian literature has been imagined and produced in Canada in the last thirty-five years, examining texts such as Fred Wah's biotext \u003ci\u003eDiamond Grill\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), Judy Fong Bates' memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Finding Memory\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and Paul Yee's novel \u003ci\u003eA Superior Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). In keeping with recent calls within Asian Canadian studies for innovative creative-critical methods, the author establishes a scholarly style that embraces subjectivity and demonstrates a dynamic method of revealing linkages and discontinuities between past and present Chinese Canadian writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on literary works and inherited stories, the author considers how family narratives give voice to otherwise muted and traumatized experiences, and how they require readers to question dominant versions of Canada's past to make room for more perspectives. The author also examines the ways such stories can be restricted by readerly expectations for narrative completeness. In navigating these concerns, she explores concerns of connection, community, and identity that have national, gendered, and racialized implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lindsay Diehl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771127288","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46836608860297,"sku":"9781771127288","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_fc9cd4c5-35c0-47c3-9a29-aa84c634a83a.jpg?v=1780440870","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/reading-with-my-grandmother-chinese-canadian-literature-history-and-family-9781771127288","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}