Book Review: Aoife Barry looks at Rebecca F Kuang's Yellowface

"In creating a white protagonist who has stolen a book — set in China — that was originally penned by an Asian American author, Kuang is able to unpick how white authors can wrongly assume diversity is ‘taking’ something from them, and how Asian writers in particular can be targeted by pernicious racism disguised as ‘concern’."
Book Review: Aoife Barry looks at Rebecca F Kuang's Yellowface

Author RF Kuang - her novel Yellowface expertly weaves commentary on imperialism and capitalism with a tale of media and appropriation

Sun, 04 Jun, 2023 - 14:00
Aoife Barry

  • Yellowface 
  • RF Kuang 
  • Harper Collins, £16.99 

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