Word: orientalia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...femaleness, not ethnicity, is at the heart of the story. "The relationships this girl has with her parents," she says, "are very specifically a daughter's relationships, in ways that transcend culture but are deeply linked to gender." Yet the show seems far more a piece of Orientalia than an exploration of a young girl's mind and dreams. What it needs is fewer warriors and more women...
...Asian-American literature providing `Orientalia' for the intelligentsia?" Chou asked, echoing a statement made by Hwang...