{"product_id":"dictee-9780520390492","title":"Dictee","description":"\u003cb\u003eNewly 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, \u003ci\u003eDictee \u003c\/i\u003eis a classic of modern Asian American literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDictee\u003c\/i\u003e is the best-known work of the multidisciplinary Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe original cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-quality reproductions of the interior layout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDictee\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This dynamic autobiography: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStructures the story in nine parts around the Greek Muses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeploys a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinks the women’s stories to explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The result is an enduringly powerful, beautiful, unparalleled work.","brand":"Theresa Hak Kyung Cha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48294571835643,"sku":"9780520390492","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_32c5b0b1-ed85-48ad-b566-69b12a3b2ffd.jpg?v=1771698676","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/dictee-9780520390492","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}