EPSY 2130L Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Amy Tan
21 Aug 2017
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Cmlt 2500- lecture 2- amy tan and the joy luck club. Daughter of chinese immigrants who fled to america during the chinese civil war- 1978: meets her sisters in china that her mother left behind - similar to joy luck club- pulled from personal experience. 1985- wrote first short story end game . 1987- negotiates a contract for ,000 for the joy luck club. Joy luck club, kitchen god"s wife, the hundred secret senses, the bonesetter"s daughter, The kitchen god"s wife based on her mother"s life. Mother"s born in china find themselves in san francisco, figuring out 2 languages/ cultures. Coming of age stories found through the mother"s. Originally to titled wind and water- 1989. Serial first person narrative- told by 8 narrators. Swan is a symbol of hope- the narrator hopes her daughter will be valued for ehrself and not for her husband. Concerned about her daughter speaking perfect american english .
