JAST 56: Fall 2021 - ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUE

Published in fall 2021, the 56th issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey is a special edition dedicated to the Asian American experience. Defne Ersin Tutan opens the edition with an editorial introduction, followed by a series of research articles exploring diaspora, identity, and literature. Yasmina Djafri and Nadia Abdelhadi present an intersectional reading of Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic, while Fatma Eren examines the intersection of working-class refugee struggles and violence in Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. Other contributors focus on transnationalism, relationships, and culinary culture. Carole Martin analyzes South Asian American transnationality and arborescent subjectivities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s works, and Nilsen Gökçen explores the human-dog connection, aging, and friendship in Sigrid Nunez’s novel The Friend. Finally, Gül Varlı Karaarslan investigates culinary identity and performances of masculinity in contemporary Korean American chef memoirs.