“The Farewell” directed by Lulu Wang – Episode 112



Our first discussion of a film on this show—which I would argue does count as literature(!)—enjoy!

Episode 107: https://didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net/2020/05/05/discovering-apu-episode-107/

Hinton, Leanne. “Trading Tongues: Loss of Heritage Languages in the United States.” English Today 15.4 (1999): 21-30. Web.

Lo, Adrienne. “Codeswitching, Speech Community Membership, and the Construction of Ethnic Identity[I Am Grate].” Journal of Sociolinguistics 3.4 (1999): 461-79. Web.

Shankar, Shalini. “Speaking like a Model Minority: “FOB” Styles, Gender, and Racial Meanings among Desi Teens in Silicon Valley.” Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 18.2 (2008): 268-89. Web.

Wang, Lulu, director. The Farewell. A24, 2019.

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