Toward a Worldly World Series
At this point, I wish to turn to an exploration of "Warming Trends" in relation to the changing significance of baseball to show how changes in the perception of America and Chinese Americans can change the way Chinese American texts are received. Like the allegorical significance of the battle between the Yankees and the Indians, Louie's use of baseball as a signifier of Americanness is highly dependent on our perceptions of baseball. Likewise, it is dependent on our perceptions of Asian Americans. For baseball to work as a marker of Americanness, it cannot be seen as Asian. Once baseball is perceived as belonging equally to Asia as it does to America, Louie's story cannot be read in the same way. I am not arguing here that Louie's story is somehow deficient or "time-bound." I regard Pangs of Love, and "Warming Trends" in particular, as deftly-written, engaging literature. What I mean to suggest is that as the meaning of the terms "Asian American" or......

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Title: Toward A More Worldly World Series: Reading Game Three Of The 1998 American League Championship And David Wong Louie's "Warming Trends"
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