Adaptations
Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 73
"Two Kinds" is a part of the film version of The Joy Luck Club. Tan wrote the screenplay (with Ronald Bass) for the adaptation of her novel. The film was released in 1993 and directed by Wayne Wang. It was released on videocassette in 1994 and is available from Buena Vista Home Video. "Two Kinds" also appears in the (abridged) audiocassette version of the book, available from Dove Books Audio and narrated by the author.
Media Adaptations
Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 73
"Two Kinds’’ is a part of the film version of The Joy Luck Club. Tan wrote the screenplay (with Ronald Bass) for this adaptation of her novel. The film was released in 1993 and directed by Wayne Wang. It was released on videocassette in 1994 and is available from Buena Vista Home Video.
"Two Kinds’’ also appears in the (abridged) audiocassette version of the book, available from Dove Books Audio and narrated by the author.
Bibliography and Further Reading
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Sources
Angier, Carole, Review, in New Statesman and Society, June 30, 1989, p. 35.
Huntley, E. D., Amy Tan: A Critical Companion, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Koenig, Rhoda, Review in New York, March 20,1989, p. 82.
Kristeva, Julia, ‘‘The Meaning of Grief,’’ in Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia, New York: Columbia University Press, 1989.
Schell, Orville, ‘‘Your Mother is in Your Bones,’’ in The New York Times Book Review, March 19, 1989, pp. 3, 28.
Shear, Walter, ‘‘Generational Differences and the Diaspora in The Joy Luck Club,’’ in Critique, Vol. 34, No. 3, Spring 1993, pp. 193-99.
Skow, John, "Tiger Ladies in The Joy Luck Club,’’ in Time, March 27, 1989, p. 98.
Sowell, Thomas, Ethnic America: A History, New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1981, pp. 133-54.
Xu, Ben, ‘‘Memory and the Ethnic Self: Reading Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club,’’ in MELUS, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 3-16.
Further Reading
Kim, Elaine, Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1982.
An influential and ground-breaking study, this remains an essential work in the field and provides an excellent introduction to major authors and critical issues.
Bibliography
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Duke, Lynne. “The Secrets Silence Holds.” The Washington Post, March 15, 2001, p. C1.
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Gray, Paul. “The Joys and Sorrows of Amy Tan.” Time 157, no. 7 (February 19, 2001): 72-75.
Hamilton, Patricia L. “Feng Shui, Astrology, and the Five Elements: Traditional Chinese Belief in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club.” MELUS 24, no. 2 (Summer, 1999): 125-146.
Lyall, Sarah. “At Home with Amy Tan: In the Country of the Spirits.” The New York Times, December 28, 1995, p. C1.
Ma, Sheng-mei. “Chinese and Dogs in Amy Tan’s The Hundred Secret Senses.” MELUS 26, no. 1 (Spring, 2001): 29-45.
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