Adaptations

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  • The Joy Luck Club (film version, 1993) - Screenplay by Amy Tan and Ronald Bass, directed by Wayne Wang. Released on videocassette in 1994, available from Buena Vista Home Video.
  • The Joy Luck Club (audiocassette version, abridged) - Available from Dove Books Audio and narrated by Amy Tan.

Bibliography

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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.
This influential and pioneering study remains a crucial work in the field, offering an excellent introduction to key authors and critical issues.

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