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Pinti, Daniel. "Theology and Identity in Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese." Literature and Theology 30. (2016): 233–47. Added by: joachim (12/01/2021, 14:24) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frw015 BibTeX citation key: Pinti2016 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "American Born Chinese", Religion, USA, Yang. Gene Luen Creators: Pinti Collection: Literature and Theology |
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While Gene Yang’s acclaimed and widely-read graphic novel, American Born Chinese, has been the subject of scholarship focused on its representation of the formation of its young protagonist’s bicultural identity, critics have largely ignored its intensive and profound engagement with theological concepts. Christian allusions and visual imagery are prominently present at significant points in the book, interwoven with the Chinese legend of the Monkey King and the Bildungsroman narrative of the main character, Jin Wang. This article argues that theological discourses, verbal and visual, are constitutive elements in the characters’ experiences, understandings, and discovery of identity in American Born Chinese.
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