Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Dictee
- ISBN 13:
- 9780520390478
- author:
- Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
- format:
- Hardcover
- publisher:
- University of California Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 178
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 14 x 2.3 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, Asian,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee is a foundational text of modern Asian American literature. This restored edition, produced in partnership with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), faithfully renders the book as an art object in its authentic form. The book tells the story of several women, including the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha's mother Hyung Soon Huo, and Cha herself. The nine parts, structured around the Greek Muses, explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes through a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiry. This powerful and beautiful work links these women's stories to create an enduringly compelling exploration of identity, culture, and memory.