{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"BookDragon","provider_url":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon","author_name":"Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center","author_url":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/author\/riemert\/","title":"Typical American by Gish Jen [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature] - BookDragon","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NgurkDorgV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/typical-american-by-gish-jen\/\">Typical American by Gish Jen [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/typical-american-by-gish-jen\/embed\/#?secret=NgurkDorgV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Typical American by Gish Jen [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]&#8221; &#8212; BookDragon\" data-secret=\"NgurkDorgV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Typical-American.jpg","thumbnail_width":313,"thumbnail_height":475,"description":"Yifeng Chang arrives in the U.S., is renamed \u201cRalph\u201d by an impatient official, and pursues an engineering degree. He is reunited with his older sister, Theresa, marries Helen, and moves to suburbia in search of the American Dream where he discovers fried chicken fast food joints, glamour magazines, and con artists.  The title comes from the phrase, \"typical American,\" which the Changs use in moments of exasperation and disgust at how they initially view Americans \u2013 wasteful, lazy, rude, etc. But eventually what begins as an insult quickly turns into a lifestyle goal of wanting to become \"typical Americans\" with a suburban house, wall-to-wall carpeting, two-car garage, magazine subscriptions, and take-out fried chicken for dinner.  Review: \"Asian American Titles,\" What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997  Readers: Adult  Published: 1991"}