Paradoxical Essentialism
Reading Race and Origins in Jane Jeong Trenka’s Asian Adoption Memoirs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Heijun Wills (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 202-222 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras.2015.004 |
| OpenAlex | W2360677123 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 15 |
I argue that anti-essentialism assumes a neutral or default subject for whom biology and origins are both coherent and reliable. Analyzing Jane Jeong Trenka’s two adoption memoirs, The Language of Blood and Fugitive Visions, I argue that anti-essentialism is a privileged posture not afforded to everyone
Aesthetics · Art · Essentialism · Linguistics · Literature · Memoir · Race (biology · Reading (process · Sociology · Subject (documents · Vision · Anthropology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |