#narrative scarcity

[inter-gender]

Viet Thanh Nguyen on Narrative Scarcity

A good topic to keep in mind, when thinking about gender and intersectionality.

Maxine Hong Kingston and Viet Thanh Nguyen

May 24, 2016 | ALOUD @ Central Library

Presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles

In this short clip from the ALOUD program, "Two Writers Reflect on War and Peace," Viet Thanh Nguyen describes the narrative economy in which he and other Asian Americans writers are working.

For more information about this ALOUD program, including photos and podcast, please visit: lfla.org/event/two-writers-reflect-on-war-and-peace/

[immigrationnewsdigest]

"For Asian-Americans, if “Crazy Rich Asians” succeeds, we all do; if it fails, we all do. This is what it means to live in an economy of narrative scarcity." Why we need "narrative plenitude" and why equality would mean the freedom to be mediocre. https://t.co/VuFtVQnuJe

— viet thanh nguyen (@viet_t_nguyen) August 21, 2018

""It's just narrative plenitude," said @ConstanceWu, citing Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. Here's my short primer on narrative plenitude vs. narrative scarcity, and what that means for minorities, Asian Americans, and #CrazyRichAsians https://t.co/qfSzoRlRyd pic.twitter.com/KapjuMxCDW

— Viet Thanh Nguyen (@viet_t_nguyen) August 17, 2018