| ID | 155076 |
| Title Proper | Storytelling in Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter |
| Other Title Information | belonging and the transnationality of home in older age |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Walsh, Katie |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a fictional account of a Chinese American woman and her mother, a first-generation migrant, who is negotiating dementia in later life. Analysis of diasporic novels can provide insight into migrant belonging, especially the emotional geographies of home and emotional subjectivities of ageing that are not commonly or easily elucidated even by qualitative interviewing methods. This article examines Tan’s construction of ageing as an intergenerational, cultural and emotional process, and highlights the role of storytelling as an everyday home-making practice through which the transnationality of home in older age becomes evident. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 24, No.5; Oct 2017: p.606-624 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 2017-10 24, 5 |
| Key Words | Fiction ; Emotion ; Home ; Belonging ; Ageing ; Asian American Diaspora |