East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597141380 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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. His book Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora won a PEN America Beyond Margins Award in 2006. Andrew Lam is an editor and co-founder of New America Media, an association of over two thousand ethnic media outlets in America. His essays have appeared in dozens of newspapers an
But while the space between East and West continues to shrink in this age of globalization, some cultural gaps remain. From cuisine and martial arts to sex and self-esteem, East Eats West shines new light on the bridges and crossroads where two hemispheres meld into one worldwide ''immigrant nation.'' In this new nation, with its amalgamation of divergent ideas, tastes, and styles, today's bold fusion becomes tomorrow's classic. Part memoir, part meditation, and part cultural anthropology, East Eats West is about thriving in the West with one foot still in the East.. In this collection of twenty-one personal essays, Andrew Lam, the award-winning author of Perfume Dreams, continues to explore the Vietnamese diaspora, this time concentrating not only on how the East and West have changed but how they are changing each other. Lively and engaging, East Eats West searches for meaning in nebulous territory charted by very few
The story of one man with two souls ADD I learned about Andrew through a friend of mine. She has chosen one of Andrew's interviews on NPR's All things considered for her English class at NYU and the UN. I asked her why. She only said I should read his works.So I started with Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora, and one thing lead to another, I found myself devouring Andrew's second book "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres". This is why I like this book in a nut. thuy said Hybrid culture. Andrew Lam's work weaves journalism and storytelling beautifully. Together the essays craft a new Vietnamese American identity that is invested in neither retrieving "authentic" culture or claiming America. His disposition is cosmopolitan, marked by hybridity, and Lam embraces contradictions wholeheartedly. His narrative transcends fixed notions of East and West while pointing to differences between the two, examines the world from a lens of privil. Anora McGaha said Brilliant. Andrew Lam is an NPR commentator. This is his second book of essays, following Perfume Dreams in "Brilliant" according to Anora McGaha. Andrew Lam is an NPR commentator. This is his second book of essays, following Perfume Dreams in 2005.East Eats West is brilliant - shimmering with intelligence, perspective and imagination.At times sensory and vivid, at others, sweeping in perspective, it felt like a tour on the back of a dragon weaving through time, ideas, dreams, culture, movies, smells and sensations; in and out of Lam's memories, thoughts and feelings, in, out and around Asia . 005.East Eats West is brilliant - shimmering with intelligence, perspective and imagination.At times sensory and vivid, at others, sweeping in perspective, it felt like a tour on the back of a dragon weaving through time, ideas, dreams, culture, movies, smells and sensations; in and out of Lam's memories, thoughts and feelings, in, out and around Asia
To marvel that eating pho in nearly every country in the world became possible seemingly overnight sounds trite precisely because we've come to expect it, yet the phenomenon remains worthy of observation and analysis. From Publishers Weekly In this compact collection of short personal essays, Vietnamese-American writer Lam considers how quickly the world (and, more specifically, California) has gone global. . west cultural differences in raising children, and the narrative potency of Manga. All rights reserved. The most compelling insights come through reflections on his own family's escape from Vietnam in 1975, the east vs. (Sept.) (c) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The author's intentions are worthwhile even if his results are often predictable. Less imaginative are the author's thoughts on Kung Fu (East influences West influences East), the rise of name brand consumerism in Asia, an