The first study of Tan’s entire oeuvre, with individual chapters on The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and The Bonesetter’s Daughter Offers close readings of her work in the context of broader debates about the representation of identity, history and reality In contrast to mainstream critics, looks beyond the stereotypes which appear in Tan’s texts Students will find this an accessible and probing study Scholars will welcome this contribution to the understanding of a key figure in contemporary literature, Chinese-American and general postcolonial questions of representation