Ethnic Studies Texts - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (1989)

Here's a multi-generational family saga that moves back and forth between China and the U.S., telling the stories of four women and their daughters.

  1. What narrative devices does the novel use? What's the significance of the using of so many different narrators and narrative voices?
  2. In what ways are Asian American women forced to conform to identities that don't fit them in the novel?