Posted by AuntieMel on January 19, 2007, at 12:24:03
In reply to Joy Luck Club + stereotypes... - Auntie Mel, posted by one woman cine on January 16, 2007, at 11:16:13
My answer to Deneb was hurried - but it is also something we had talked about before so I didn't think it needed to be too long.
I agree that we shouldn't stereotype based on one book.
But I *do* think that some of your examples (those written - like the lone ranger - by people who have no knowledge in that area) were off the mark. Hopefully that won't cloud things.
GG, CS and KK are right - I am not likely to pre-judge anyone and that wasn't what I meant to do.
And I have spent a fair amount of time in China - not in the touristy spots - working alongside the people there. Various spots, too (north, south, east - not west.) Not to mention the many people I know and work with here who were raised over there.
Meaning that I have been around the (small the, not "THE") culture(s) of the PRC.
Again, the answer was hurried. But I recommended that book especially, not *just* because it might give some insight (though I did say 'help' her understand, not that it would make her understand) into where her mom is coming from and how she grew up. I also recommended it because it is largely about the complex relationship between the mom and the American raised daughter and how the daughter came to understand her mom.
So - anyway - there's more than one reason I want her to read this. But I am curious. Why do you think it's a bad choice?
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