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Using well-known books to bolster her arguments, Chou cited both Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly as indicative of the widening gap between today's Asian-American writers and their parents...
...most exotic elements in modern Asian-American works can be attributed to older generations' "preoccupation with the past," Chou said, explaining that younger Asian-Americans were more likely to draw their own inspirations from American culture...
Chou went on to question whether the recent boom in Asian-American literature was due to genuine recognition of Asian-Americans' artistic talents or whether Asian-American writers were simply a source of exotic interest for mainstream culture...
...Asian-American literature providing `Orientalia' for the intelligentsia?" Chou asked, echoing a statement made by Hwang...
During the question and answer session that followed the speech, an audience member asked what Chou felt was the best way to approach Asian-American literature in today's curricula...