Domestic Violence in Lac Su’s I Love Yous Are for White People: A Sociological Criticism Approach

Authors

Quan-Manh Ha, University of Montana - MissoulaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article employs sociological criticism to examine domestic violence, parenting, and communication behavior in Lac Su’s Vietnamese American memoir. The book debunks the seemingly positive myth of Asian Americans as a model minority, substantiates certain negative stereotypes of Asian men, and challenges some of the classic Asian values that apparently have shaped the Asian American identity. I argue that Su’s memoir is a critique of structural inequalities, urban poverty, unemployment, inaccessibility to a support network, and the intersection between class, gender, and race in the contexts of war and its aftermath.

DOI

10.55917/2154-2171.1079

Recommended Citation

Ha, Quan-Manh (2016) "Domestic Violence in Lac Su’s I Love Yous Are for White People: A Sociological Criticism Approach," Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies: Vol. 7, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55917/2154-2171.1079
Available at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/aaldp/vol7/iss1/9