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In Contesting Genres in Contemporary Asian American Fiction, Betsy Huang posits that genre experimentation within Asian American literature rebels against the xenophobic histories of various crime genres. This thesis contests that view, reading genre experimentation as both a defying of genre histories and a way that writers defy the logic implicit within genre itself; some genres complement xenophobic logic. By way of contesting that logic, this thesis concludes that the genre experimentation of Asian American writers does not rebel against genre convention, but rather creates texts with multiple genres and narratives. Next, this thesis examines the ability of genre experimentation as a political tool. Based on an analysis of both audience and argumentative efficacy, this thesis concludes that, though genre experimentation is an innately political act and can be an argumentative strategy, it is an artistic and logical trend and should be read solely as such. |
