Thanks for that analysis! I've always been a little suspicious of the Immigrant Novel as a genre --oftentimes it feels, as you said, like "an affirmation of foreignness". It's good to hear that some authors are breaking out of that constriction, though. I'm definitely going to try to read "Severance".
I feel like "The Undocumented Americans" is a good rebellion against the immigrant novel genre. I read Joy Luck Club I think, but that was in high school and I can't remember much.
Thanks for that analysis! I've always been a little suspicious of the Immigrant Novel as a genre --oftentimes it feels, as you said, like "an affirmation of foreignness". It's good to hear that some authors are breaking out of that constriction, though. I'm definitely going to try to read "Severance".
I feel like "The Undocumented Americans" is a good rebellion against the immigrant novel genre. I read Joy Luck Club I think, but that was in high school and I can't remember much.