Jolie A Sheffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6345322 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jolie A Sheffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jolie A |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheffer |
| SIGNATURE | SHEFFER J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bowling Green State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2711-3577 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding Karen Tei Yamashita
Interracial Solidarity and Epistolary Form in Precarious Times: Karen Tei Yamashita's Letters to Memory
Karen Tei Yamashita's Letters to Memory (2017) is a familial memoir about Japanese internment told indirectly, repetitively, and recursively through letters directed to modern-day versions of Homer, Ishi, Vyasa, Ananda, and Qohelet. The memoirdemonstrates cyclical patterns of nation- or state-based injustice throughout ancient and modern history, demonstrating what Judith Butler describes as the "precarity" produced by governmentality. At the lev…
Introduction—Historical Fiction and the 1960s: Mediating the Past and Reimagining the Future
This introduction to the special issue on contemporary ethnic historical fiction considers recent trends in the field, as well as the critical history of this popular genre. Over the last two decades, historical fiction, particularly by writers of color, has gone mainstream, gaining large audiences as well as critical admiration. These works challenge the conservatism of the genre, both formally and thematically. Combining historical research wit…
The Romance of Race: Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930
In the United States miscegenation is not merely a subject of literature and popular culture. It is in many ways the foundation of contemporary imaginary community. The Romance of Race examines the role of minority women writers and reformers in the creation of our modern American multiculturalism. The national identity of the United States was transformed between 1880 and 1930 due to mass immigration, imperial expansion, the rise of Jim Crow, an…
Race and Sex in American Popular Culture
Research Article| October 01 2014 Race and Sex in American Popular Culture The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong’o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. 238 pp. Photos. $67.50 (cloth); $22.50 (paper).Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction. By Diana Rebekkah Paulin. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. 336 pp. Photos. $75 (cloth); $25 (paper). Jolie A…
Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896–1937 (review)
Journal Article Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896–1937. Julia H. Lee. New York: New York University Press, 2011. 228 pages. $75.00 cloth; $23.00 paper. Get access Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896–1937. H. Lee. New York: New York University Press, 2011. 228 pages. $75.00 cloth; $23.00 paper. Jolie A. Sheffer Jolie A. S…
Recollecting, Repeating, and Walking Through: Immigration, Trauma, and Space in Mary Antin's The Promised Land
Journal Article Recollecting, Repeating, and Walking Through: Immigration, Trauma, and Space in Mary Antin's The Promised Land Get access Jolie A. Sheffer Jolie A. Sheffer Bowling Green State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2010, Pages 141–166, https://doi.org/10.1353/mel.0.0079 Published: 01 March 2010
Citizen Sure Thing" or "Jus' Foreigner: Half-Caste Citizenship and the Family Romance in Onoto Watanna's Orientalist Fiction
Citizen Sure Thing" or "Jus' Foreigner"?Half-Caste Citizenship and the Family Romance in Onoto Watanna's Orientalist Fiction Jolie A. Sheffer (bio) In "a contract" (1902), one of Winnifred Eaton's popular orientalist romances published under the pen name Onoto Watanna, O-Kiku-san, a young Japanese woman, explains to her suitor, the Japanese-born but racially white businessman Masters, the difference between citizenship and belonging. She tells hi…
Citizen Sure Thing" or "Jus' Foreigner: Half-Caste Citizenship and the Family Romance in Onoto Watanna's Orientalist Fiction
Citizen Sure Thing" or "Jus' Foreigner"?Half-Caste Citizenship and the Family Romance in Onoto Watanna's Orientalist Fiction Jolie A. Sheffer (bio) In "a contract" (1902), one of Winnifred Eaton's popular orientalist romances published under the pen name Onoto Watanna, O-Kiku-san, a young Japanese woman, explains to her suitor, the Japanese-born but racially white businessman Masters, the difference between citizenship and belonging. She tells hi…
Recollecting, Repeating, and Walking Through: Immigration, Trauma, and Space in Mary Antin's The Promised Land
Journal Article Recollecting, Repeating, and Walking Through: Immigration, Trauma, and Space in Mary Antin's The Promised Land Get access Jolie A. Sheffer Jolie A. Sheffer Bowling Green State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2010, Pages 141–166, https://doi.org/10.1353/mel.0.0079 Published: 01 March 2010
Citizen Sure Thing" or "Jus' Foreigner: Half-Caste Citizenship and the Family Romance in Onoto Watanna's Orientalist Fiction
Citizen Sure Thing" or "Jus' Foreigner"?Half-Caste Citizenship and the Family Romance in Onoto Watanna's Orientalist Fiction Jolie A. Sheffer (bio) In "a contract" (1902), one of Winnifred Eaton's popular orientalist romances published under the pen name Onoto Watanna, O-Kiku-san, a young Japanese woman, explains to her suitor, the Japanese-born but racially white businessman Masters, the difference between citizenship and belonging. She tells hi…
Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896–1937 (review)
Journal Article Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896–1937. Julia H. Lee. New York: New York University Press, 2011. 228 pages. $75.00 cloth; $23.00 paper. Get access Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896–1937. H. Lee. New York: New York University Press, 2011. 228 pages. $75.00 cloth; $23.00 paper. Jolie A. Sheffer Jolie A. S…
Race and Sex in American Popular Culture
Research Article| October 01 2014 Race and Sex in American Popular Culture The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong’o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. 238 pp. Photos. $67.50 (cloth); $22.50 (paper).Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction. By Diana Rebekkah Paulin. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. 336 pp. Photos. $75 (cloth); $25 (paper). Jolie A…
The Romance of Race: Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930
In the United States miscegenation is not merely a subject of literature and popular culture. It is in many ways the foundation of contemporary imaginary community. The Romance of Race examines the role of minority women writers and reformers in the creation of our modern American multiculturalism. The national identity of the United States was transformed between 1880 and 1930 due to mass immigration, imperial expansion, the rise of Jim Crow, an…
Understanding Karen Tei Yamashita
Interracial Solidarity and Epistolary Form in Precarious Times: Karen Tei Yamashita's Letters to Memory
Karen Tei Yamashita's Letters to Memory (2017) is a familial memoir about Japanese internment told indirectly, repetitively, and recursively through letters directed to modern-day versions of Homer, Ishi, Vyasa, Ananda, and Qohelet. The memoirdemonstrates cyclical patterns of nation- or state-based injustice throughout ancient and modern history, demonstrating what Judith Butler describes as the "precarity" produced by governmentality. At the lev…
Introduction—Historical Fiction and the 1960s: Mediating the Past and Reimagining the Future
This introduction to the special issue on contemporary ethnic historical fiction considers recent trends in the field, as well as the critical history of this popular genre. Over the last two decades, historical fiction, particularly by writers of color, has gone mainstream, gaining large audiences as well as critical admiration. These works challenge the conservatism of the genre, both formally and thematically. Combining historical research wit…
History (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works)