This essay aims to investigate constructions of masculinity in Frank Chin’s Donald Duk and Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown, comparing them to each other, and scrutinizing them through Raewyn Connell’s framework of hegemonic masculinity. Moreover, it aims to analyze the utilization of popular culture in identity formation within the two novels. Furthermore, it also aims to discuss how these novels can be utilized to discuss masculinity in the EFL classroom. To achieve these aims, the essay utilizes close reading of excerpts from the two novels. The analysis concludes that the protagonist of Donald Duk constructs masculinity with traits from hegemonic masculinity to combat the emasculation he experiences, while the protagonist from Interior Chinatown starts with the same ambition, he then rejects hegemonic masculinity in favor of a more empathetic masculinity. Additionally, both novels utilize representations of masculinity from popular culture as role models for the protagonists’ own identities. Lastly, it concludes that Donald Duk and Interior Chinatown can be of use in the EFL classroom to discuss toxic masculinity and alternative masculinities by highlighting the protagonists of the novels and tying the discussion to its authors, and the students’ own identities and experiences.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of English

Wong Yuen-wing Catherine. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-112). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / 摘要 --- p.iv / Introduction Ethnicity and Novel Writing in the Multicultural Society --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter One --- Working Against Assimilation: Reassurance of Her Chinese Cultural Ethnicity in Her Memoirs --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Breaking the Mirage of the Assimilating Culture: Empowering One's Identity by Embracing One's Ethnic Culture --- p.46 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Emerging of Two Different Identities: Ethnicity Formation by Means of Adjustment --- p.74 / Conclusion Articulating One's Ethnicity: Moving to a Larger Self --- p.101 / Selected Bibliography --- p.109

Zhou, Yi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-168). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.2 / Table of Contents --- p.6 / Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter One: --- Return to the Parole --- p.22 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Language Dilemma and Appeal of Asian American Literature --- p.23 / "Language: Community, Nation and Power" --- p.24 / Claiming a Right to Standard English --- p.29 / Claiming a Right to Multiple Tongues --- p.32 / Problems with Previously Mentioned Ways of Resistance --- p.36 / Chapter 1.2 --- Kingston´ةs Language Choice and Writing Strategies --- p.40 / Poetic Language: From Kristeva to Kingston --- p.41 / Heterogeneity: Kingston as a Bilingual Writer --- p.44 / Diversity： A New Fusion Language --- p.51 / Dialogism: From Words to Culture --- p.58 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Return to the Body --- p.73 / Chapter 2.1 --- From Parole to the Body --- p.76 / "Langue, Parole, Subject" --- p.77 / Deconstruction of the Subject: The Maternal Body --- p.79 / “Chora´ح-- A Bodily Metaphor for Resistance to Langue --- p.81 / Chapter 2.2 --- Body-Based Writing --- p.83 / Let the Body Speak --- p.84 / "Female Writers, Body Consciousness" --- p.87 / Kingston´ةs Bodily and Life Experience --- p.90 / Chapter 2.3 --- Gaze on the Body´ؤKingston's Body Writing on Male --- p.93 / Objectification: Seeing and Being Seen --- p.94 / Objectified Body-From Body to Flesh --- p.96 / Objectification as Alienation --- p.99 / Body´ةs Spontaneous Resistance: Pain --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Return to the Minor --- p.111 / Chapter 3.1 --- Speech Act: Another View on Resistance to Langue --- p.113 / Austin: Speech Is Itself a Form of Action --- p.113 / "Derrida: “Iterability""" --- p.116 / Judith Butler： A Politics of the Performative --- p.119 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Revolt of Minor Tongue: On Language Appropriation --- p.122 / "Performing a “Twin Skin""" --- p.123 / The Stereotypical Linguistic Reality --- p.127 / "Insurrectionary Speech Act: Towards a “Parasitic"" Language" --- p.130 / Chapter 3.3 --- One Man Play: On Minor Writing as Felicitous Political Speech-Acts? --- p.134 / A Performance of Identity Politics --- p.136 / Minor Writing: A Site for Felicitous Performance? --- p.138 / Conclusion --- p.145 / Bibliography --- p.153

華裔移殖美國歷史超過一百五十年，但早期在美遭受不平等待遇與歧視幾 達一世紀之久。二次世界大戰後，美國社會漸趨開放，華裔地位稍獲改善 。一九五○年代，夏威夷地區已有不少華裔參與政治選舉活動。一九六○ 年代，民權法案及選舉權法案陸續通過，雖使美國大陸的華裔基本參政權 獲得基本保障，然而只有少數的土生華裔積極參與美國政治活動。到了一 九七○年代，才有比較多的華裔參政人士投入美國地方及全國性的政治活 動。一九八二年密西根州底特律華裔「陳果仁命案」的發生，引起全美各 華裔社團及社區的關切。翌年兩名被告獲判緩刑及罰款，激起全美華裔及 亞裔的憤怒，紛紛示威遊行抗議。華裔地位的不穩固，使愈來愈多的華裔 體認美國民主政治的形態，唯有參與政治、投入政治主流活動，才是維護 族裔權益，爭取人權地位的最直接途徑。近十幾年來，隨著華裔的人口增 加，知識水準提高，經濟力量日漸雄厚及參政意識提升，已促使許多華裔 積極參與美國政治活動。尤其近二、三年，在華裔人口較密集的主要城市 ，華裔的經濟實力和選票增加相互結合，再加上華裔參政團體有效運作， 其政治力量已在地方選舉中展現出來。但在全國性的大選中，全美華裔的 集體政治力量尚未反應出來。未來全美華裔應儘早成立一超黨派且強有力 的全國性政治組織，以整合全美華裔社區的政治資源，使全美華裔的集體 政治力量在大選中發揮出來，進而對美國政治過程產生更大的影響力。

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By considering San Francisco’s legal, social, and cultural history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in relation to American law, missionary women, and Chinese American prostitutes, this thesis argues that by aggressively trying to control Chinese sexuality through laws, “yellow slave” narratives, Christianizing, and the immigration process, the American government and missionaries created an atmosphere ripe for Chinese prostitutes in America with varying degrees of sexual freedoms.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, and San Diego State University, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 2, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-76).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-97).