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Title Disorientation / Elaine Hsieh Chou.
Author Chou, Elaine Hsieh, author.
Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
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Rating No one has rated this material
1 hold on first copy returned of 3 copies
Copies/Volumes
Location Call No. Status
 Fairview Shores  FIC CHO    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  FIC CHO    Checked Out
 Southwest  FIC CHO    Checked Out
Description 403 pages ; 25 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-403).
Contents Part I: Fall quarter. The curious note ; A benign coincidence ; The most common name in the English-speaking world ; Yellow peril 2.0 ; The versatility of tampons ; "Kumquats on an autumn day" ; Hollywood -- Part II: Winter quarter. Chinatown Blues ; Special occasion role-plays ; Traitor! -- Part III: Spring quarter. Chaos in the East Asian Studies Department ; Good old-fashioned American freedom ; Exhibiting all the usual signs ; The ultimate Asian woman ; Serial killers want to be caught -- Part IV; Summer. All hail emperor Bartholomew ; Total immersion ; Fever dream ; A priori, a posteriori ; Be a good girl -- Epilogue: A new you.
Summary "A struggling PhD student makes a shocking discovery about a famous Chinese American poet that sets into motion a series of escalating events, both humorous and fraught, that culminates in an incendiary reckoning of her relationships, beliefs, and identity"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Women doctoral students -- United States -- Fiction.
Chinese American women -- Fiction.
Education, Higher -- United States -- Fiction.
Discrimination in higher education -- United States -- Fiction.
Satire, American.
Doctorantes (CaQQLa)000264835 -- États-Unis (CaQQLa)201-0407727 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. (CaQQLa)201-0377299
Américaines d'origine chinoise (CaQQLa)201-0370446 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. (CaQQLa)201-0377299
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur (CaQQLa)201-0226897 -- États-Unis (CaQQLa)201-0407727 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. (CaQQLa)201-0377299
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Asian American.
FICTION / Satire.
Chinese American women. (OCoLC)fst00857242
Discrimination in higher education. (OCoLC)fst00895076
Education, Higher. (OCoLC)fst00903005
Satire, American. (OCoLC)fst01105681
Women doctoral students. (OCoLC)fst01921545
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Humorous fiction.
Campus fiction.
Related To Online version: Chou, Elaine Hsieh. Disorientation New York : Penguin Press, 2022 9780593298367 (DLC) 2021011962
ISBN 9780593298350 (hardcover) : $28.00
0593298357 (hardcover)
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