Language
English
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article offers a reading of the foodservice spaces in Elaine Mar’s memoir Paper Daughter in order to suggest changes in the way we think about class liminality. It argues that by focusing not just on the way the socially-mobile narrator experiences liminality, but also on the ways her working-class parents and co-workers experience it, we can begin to consider some of the complexities and nuances the idea of the liminal offers. In so doing, the article suggests a slightly new approach to thinking about and teaching Paper Daughter.
DOI
10.55917/2154-2171.1069
Recommended Citation
Aguiar, Christian
(2015)
"“’Chinese don’t drink coffee!’”: Coffee and Class Liminality in Elaine Mar’s Paper Daughter,"
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies: Vol. 6, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55917/2154-2171.1069
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/aaldp/vol6/iss1/6