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Dragon Tiger Goat: A Novel

Tran, Elizabeth
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1584453224864606

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2020, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, English (Arts and Sciences).
Dragon Tiger Goat follows the lives of three Vietnamese American girls, Trac, Trieu, and Nhi, and their immigrant mother, Xuan. This work gives voice to Vietnamese women whose experiences have been removed from the historical record and works to dismantle past representations from Western literature of Asian women as submissive or exotic. The narrative moves backwards chronologically and traces a matrilineal line of intergenerational trauma, grappling with what it means to be both “American” and “Vietnamese.” This project aims to take part in the field of diasporic fiction. In particular, it is in conversation with other Vietnamese American literary works, engaging with themes or motifs of war, trauma, violence, displacement, ghosts, and language. Most importantly, this novel attempts to represent an “American” experience that contradicts popular narratives.
Patrick O'Keeffe (Committee Chair)
Eric LeMay (Committee Member)
Amritjit Singh (Committee Member)
Alec Holcombe (Committee Member)
171 p.
American Literature; Asian American Studies; Asian Literature; Ethnic Studies; Literature
vietnamese american; vietnam war; diaspora; immigrant; intergenerational trauma

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  • Tran, E. (2020). Dragon Tiger Goat: A Novel [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1584453224864606

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tran, Elizabeth. Dragon Tiger Goat: A Novel. 2020. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1584453224864606.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tran, Elizabeth. "Dragon Tiger Goat: A Novel." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1584453224864606

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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