Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2788015 in Books
• Published on: 1993-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 592 pages

Synopsis
A collection of works by Asian American authors includes contributions by Shawn Wong, Kimiko Hahn, Maxine Hong Kingston, Bharati Mukherjee, and Amy Tan.

Customer Reviews

Must take exception with previous review...
The previous reviewer of this book said: Chan/Moto movies....''all with bad foreign accents, and goof-ball social ettiquette, spouting out fortune cookie wisdom and acting in some subservient role to another stronger, non-Asian character." Clearly she's never seen the movies. Though Moto and Chan were not played by Asian actors, true, the Asian characters they played NEVER were 'subservient' to non-Asian characters. Their police/secret service colleagues - on their level, always treated them with respect. Lesser policement displayed prejudices - but they were used for comic relief and were always shown up. Chan was always unfailingly polite - which made the ill-mannered non-Asians around him seem like the boors they were, and Moto of course beat up on everybody who deserved it. There is nothing denigrating in the Chan/Moto movies for any Asian/Asian-American who is not obsessed with political correctness. (Treatment of the subservient black characters for comic relief is another matter entirely).