Dictee

Dictee

By Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
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$24.95

Publication Date: 13th September 2022

Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s masterpiece honors the author's original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian... Read More
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Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s masterpiece honors the author's original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian... Read More
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Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s masterpiece honors the author's original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian American literature.

Dictee is the best-known work of the multidisciplinary Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

This restored edition, produced in partnership with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), reflects Cha’s original vision for the book as an art object in its authentic form, featuring:
  • The original cover
  • High-quality reproductions of the interior layout

Dictee tells the story of several women: the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha’s mother Hyung Soon Huo (a Korean born in Manchuria to first-generation Korean exiles), and Cha herself.

This dynamic autobiography:
  • Structures the story in nine parts around the Greek Muses
  • Deploys a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiry
  • Links the women’s stories to explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes

The result is an enduringly powerful, beautiful, unparalleled work.
Details
  • Price: $24.95
  • Pages: 178
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Imprint: University of California Press
  • Publication Date: 13th September 2022
  • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 in
  • Illustration Note: 25 black & white illustrations
  • ISBN: 9780520390478
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    POETRY / Women Authors
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
    POETRY / General
    POETRY / American / Asian American
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / General
Reviews
"[C]ult classic . . . [G]rapples with language in unexpected ways."
- New York Times
"With the original cover and high-quality interior layout as Cha had designed them, this [restored edition] is the most aesthetically appealing edition of the five that have been produced."
- Asian Review of Books
Author Bio
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982) was a poet, filmmaker, and artist who earned her BA and MA in comparative literature and her BA and MFA in art from the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of Contents
Contents

CLIO                 HISTORY
CALLIOPE        EPIC POETRY
URANIA             ASTRONOMY
MELPOMENE    TRAGEDY
ERATO                LOVE POETRY
ELITERE             LYRIC POETRY
THALIA               COMEDY
TERPSICHORE  CHORAL DANCE
POLYMNIA          SACRED POETRY
 
Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s masterpiece honors the author's original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian American literature.

Dictee is the best-known work of the multidisciplinary Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

This restored edition, produced in partnership with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), reflects Cha’s original vision for the book as an art object in its authentic form, featuring:
  • The original cover
  • High-quality reproductions of the interior layout

Dictee tells the story of several women: the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha’s mother Hyung Soon Huo (a Korean born in Manchuria to first-generation Korean exiles), and Cha herself.

This dynamic autobiography:
  • Structures the story in nine parts around the Greek Muses
  • Deploys a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiry
  • Links the women’s stories to explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes

The result is an enduringly powerful, beautiful, unparalleled work.
  • Price: $24.95
  • Pages: 178
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Imprint: University of California Press
  • Publication Date: 13th September 2022
  • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 in
  • Illustrations Note: 25 black & white illustrations
  • ISBN: 9780520390478
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    POETRY / Women Authors
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
    POETRY / General
    POETRY / American / Asian American
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / General
"[C]ult classic . . . [G]rapples with language in unexpected ways."
– New York Times
"With the original cover and high-quality interior layout as Cha had designed them, this [restored edition] is the most aesthetically appealing edition of the five that have been produced."
– Asian Review of Books
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982) was a poet, filmmaker, and artist who earned her BA and MA in comparative literature and her BA and MFA in art from the University of California, Berkeley.
Contents

CLIO                 HISTORY
CALLIOPE        EPIC POETRY
URANIA             ASTRONOMY
MELPOMENE    TRAGEDY
ERATO                LOVE POETRY
ELITERE             LYRIC POETRY
THALIA               COMEDY
TERPSICHORE  CHORAL DANCE
POLYMNIA          SACRED POETRY