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Past President’S Address: Edgewalking With Feeling, Tara Penry Sep 2005

Past President’S Address: Edgewalking With Feeling, Tara Penry

Tara Penry

No abstract provided.


Information Ethics In The Detective Novel, Mary Freier Dec 2004

Information Ethics In The Detective Novel, Mary Freier

Mollie Freier

No abstract provided.


Split Infinities: The Comedy Of Performative Identity In Maxine Hong Kingston's *Tripmaster Monkey*, Jonna Mackin Dec 2004

Split Infinities: The Comedy Of Performative Identity In Maxine Hong Kingston's *Tripmaster Monkey*, Jonna Mackin

Dr. Jonna C Mackin

The article discusses a quarrel between Frank Chin and Maxine Hong Kingston regarding Chinese American Identity and goes on to analyze Kingston's novel *Tripmaster Monkey, His Fake Book* as a case where an analysis of the comedy leads to questions about her professed multiculturalism. Kingston's jokes reveal hidden aggression in the text and a tendency to obscure or erase African American cultural icons.