User:Orangeoceancake/New sandbox

Outline: With the source I have chosen to use, I want to dive deeper into the ways that Asian American women are portrayed in speculative fiction. There is no section for this, so I will be adding a completely new area, pulling information from the sourceand giving a few facts based upon the academic research provided. There are no instances of the portrayal of women anywhere on this page so I think it would be an interesting addition and provide readers with a new perspective. I might also provide some examples of books and give brief summaries, as the source talks about Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai. One thing I noticed about the article is that it has a lot of lists of various authors with links to their wikipedia pages. I would like to add to this area of the article by going through this book and adding authors to those lists, or creating them where there are none. One last thing I am thinking of including in the article is a picture. I would like to discuss with my group members their findings, and see if anything sticks out to be an interesting image to add some visuals to the page.

To add to what I had previously proposed, I did some further research and discovered a second source that I thought provided a great deal of information. I skimmed through both sources and pulled common themes from the novels presented, and the way that asian american speculative fiction was discussed in general. Both focus on Chinese literature and authors, so I would like to add to that section and maybe make a sub-section on Chinese Women in Speculative Fiction. I would like to include both of these novels and discuss similar themes that occur in both. Listed below, is my attempt at gathering snippets of information from the articles I think will be useful in my contribution.

Draft:

chinese fiction: using severance as a guide it pulls from the past (nostalgia), transformation of landscape, people, and technology, the way those with privilege affect those without, gentrification and how it affects the common person, pulls from the history of people from China immigrating to the US, gives the perspective of second-generation Americans and the way it affects both family and daily life.

cyberpunk: women take the lead in previously male-dominated spaces, empowerment. Larissa Lai wrote Salt Fish Girl: pulls from Chinese mythology, both Ma and Lai focus on techno-orientalism (include a definition), focuses on the way that corporations often determine the ways that society is run, both focus on capitalism, talks about clones as metaphor, both fall under dystopian umbrella, issues surrounding race are prominent, anxiety is present in both, flips common tropes, issues surrounding sexuality of the female body and the way it is used in corporate society, reproductive rights, themes of transformation in both

SENTENCES:

Chinese fiction pulls from the past, invoking the feeling of nostalgia in readers. With the novel Severance by Ling Ma as a guide, themes can be found of transformation, including that of both people and landscapes. It is common for privilege to be discussed and to examine the way it affects those who have it versus those who do not. History is largely taken into account in these texts from when Chinese people immigrated to the United States. Chinese fiction texts may often give the perspective of second-generation Americans and how their experiences affect both daily and family life. A sub-genre of some Chinese speculative fiction texts can be described as cyberpunk, in which an emphasis is placed onto technology. Texts written by female authors place women in the lead in previously male-dominated spaces, bringing about themes of empowerment. Novels such as Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai, pull from Chinese mythology. Common themes focus on the ways that corporations often determine the way society is run, and the effect that has on the individual. There is a heavy focus on capitalism in many Chinese speculative fiction texts. In texts centering women, the clone is discussed as a metaphor for the female body. Issues surrounding race are prominent and examined in these texts. Female Chinese authors in speculative fiction may discuss issues surrounding sexuality of the female body and the way it is seen and used in corporate society. Reproductive rights are another common theme and issue. MORE DRAFT:

Chinese Speculative Fiction Written By and About Women
Texts written by female authors place women in the lead in previously male-dominated spaces, bringing about themes of empowerment. These Chinese fiction texts pull from the past, invoking the feeling of nostalgia in readers. Novels such as Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai, may also pull from Chinese mythology in their works. It is common for varying forms of privilege to be discussed and to examine the myriad of ways in which it affects those who have it versus those who do not. History is also largely taken into account in these texts from when Chinese people first immigrated to the United States. Chinese fiction texts will then often give the perspectives of second-generation Americans and how their experiences affect both daily and family life, pulling from these historical influences or personal experience. Issues surrounding race are prominent and examined in these texts, both through metaphor and explicit statements. With the novel Severance by Ling Ma as a guide, other themes can be found of transformation, including that of both people and landscapes. Common themes in this text and others, focus on the ways that corporations determine societal norms and expectations, and the effect that has on the individual. A sub-genre of some Chinese speculative fiction texts can be described as cyberpunk, in which an emphasis is placed onto technology. Reproductive rights are another common theme and issue, often discussed through a cyberpunk lens. In texts centering women, the clone is discussed as a metaphor for the female body. Female Chinese authors in speculative fiction may discuss varying issues surrounding sexuality of the female body and the way it is seen and used in corporate society, utilizing the previously mentioned common themes.

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