The Fermented Subject: Bodily Survival and Kinship-Building in Grace M. Cho's Tastes Like War.
This paper close-reads Grace M. Cho's memoir Tastes Like War to describe an Asian American subjectivity that is fermented under the pressures of immigration, assimilation, and Americanization. This fermented subjectivity is analyzed through the experiences of Korean military brides like Cho's mother...
| Published in: | WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly Vol. 53; no. 3/4; pp. 177 - 193 |
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Feminist Press at CUNY
Fall/Winter2025
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