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William Van Alen, Fred T. Ley and the Chrysler Building - George C. Kingston - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

William Van Alen, Fred T. Ley and the Chrysler Building - George C. Kingston - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Chrysler Building was the result of a remarkable collaboration between William Van Alen, a dreamer whose designs challenged orthodox architecture, and Fred T. Ley, a practical builder who turned dreams into reality. Together they realized Walter P. Chrysler''s vision of an iconic structure that would (for 11 months) be the tallest building in the world. Van Alen is recognized as one of the most innovative architects of the 20th century. Ley rose from rod man on a survey team to head one of the largest construction companies in the world. Both men participated in the architectural revolution brought about by steel frame, curtain wall construction. This book chronicles how they designed and constructed the Chrysler Building and how the experience affected the rest of their lives.

DKK 334.00
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Visions of Whiteness in Selected Works of Asian American Literature - Klara Szmanko - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Visions of Whiteness in Selected Works of Asian American Literature - Klara Szmanko - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Author Toni Morrison stressed the need to analyze race in American literature by white authors by shifting focus "from the racial object to the racial subject." Representations of whiteness in certain works by Asian American authors reveal what happens when the visual dynamics of ethnography are reversed, and those persons often considered as objects--Asian Americans, other minorities--are allowed to see and judge those who so often objectify them. This study emphasizes social power structures, the aesthetics of whiteness and transformational identity politics. Works examined include Maxine Hong Kingston''s The Woman Warrior (1976) and China Men (1980), and The Fifth Book of Peace (2003); Leonard Chang''s The Fruit ''N Food (1996); and, Joy Kogawa''s Obasan (1981).

DKK 429.00
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Asian Gothic - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Asian Gothic - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The essays in this collection acknowledge the rich Gothic tradition in Asian narratives that deal with themes of the fantastic, the macabre, and the spectral. Through close analyses of Asian works using the theoretical framework outlined by Gothic criticism, these essays seek to expand the notion of the Gothic to include several popular Asian works. Broadly divided into essays on postcolonial Asian Gothic, Asian-American Gothic, and the Gothic writings of specific Asian nations, this volume covers a wide variety of Asian texts. The essays of Part One demonstrate the flexibility of Postcolonial Gothic literature in adopting divergent or even contradictory ideologies. Part Two evokes the Gothic as the theoretical framework from which to interrogate the writings of Asian-American authors Maxine Hong Kingston, Sky Lee, lě thi diem thuy and David Henry Hwang. Part Three studies the Gothic tradition in the national literatures of China, Japan, Korea, and Turkey.

DKK 334.00
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Invisibility in African American and Asian American Literature - Klara Szmanko - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Invisibility in African American and Asian American Literature - Klara Szmanko - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The book is a comparative study of the invisibility trope in African American and Asian American literature. It distinguishes between various kinds of invisibility and offers a genealogy of the term while providing a theoretical dissection of the invisibility trope itself. Investigating the various ways of striving for visibility, the author places special emphasis on the need for cooperation among various racial groups. While the book explores invisibility in a variety of African American and Asian American literary texts, the main focus is on four novels: Ralph Ellison''s Invisible Man , Sam Greenlee''s The Spook Who Sat by the Door , Maxine Hong Kingston''s Tripmaster Monkey and Chang-rae Lee''s Native Speaker . The book not only sheds light on the oppressed but also exposes the structures of oppression and the apparatus of power, which often renders itself invisible. Throughout the study the author emphasizes that power is multi-directional, never flowing only in one direction. The book brings to light mechanisms of oppression within the dominant society as well as within and between marginalized racial groups.

DKK 429.00
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