Category: yellowface

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+ Josianh Henson, Literature, nirvana, R.F. Kuang, yellowface

The Stealing of One’s Voice in R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface”

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Is it literary theft when Harriett Beecher Stowe takes Josiah Henson’s real-life story of escaping enslavement and crafts Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Or, is it literary theft when she does this and does not acknowledge Henson’s inspiration? Is it artistic theft when The Chariot have a riff on “The Deaf Policeman” that directly takes uses the same riff found in Nirvana’s “Tourettes”? Or, is it homage? Is it … Read More The Stealing of One’s Voice in R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface”

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+ Literature, Quintilian, rf kuang, rhetoric, yellowface

Is It Literary Theft?: Looking at Writing in R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface”

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I read R.F. Kuang’s Yellowface over the summer, with the intention of adding it to my “Lost Voices in American Literature” course. After reading it, I was very interested in the discussion that would arise when we finally discussed the book in class. I thought, on the first couple of days, that students wouldn’t say much and that we just look at the way that June … Read More Is It Literary Theft?: Looking at Writing in R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface”

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