Ethnic Presentations and Cultural Constructs: The Chinese/Irish Servant in Patsy O'Wang.
T.S. Denison's Patsy O'Wang gives insight into the place of Chinese and Irish immigrants in a changing American racial hierarchy. The present article argues that, while the play demonstrates the significance of American nationalism, the title character, of mixed blood, ironically challenges the trad...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 480 - 502 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Toronto Press
2013
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| Sumario: | T.S. Denison's Patsy O'Wang gives insight into the place of Chinese and Irish immigrants in a changing American racial hierarchy. The present article argues that, while the play demonstrates the significance of American nationalism, the title character, of mixed blood, ironically challenges the traditional racial ideologies that constructed social meanings through biological differences and suggests that the ethnic identity is made through cultural constructs. |
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