Asian American literature / Bella Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Bella.

Series:

Edinburgh critical guides to literature.

Edinburgh critical guides to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Asian American authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This critical study of Asian American literature discusses work by internationally successful writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Chang-rae Lee, Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan and others in their historical, cultural and critical contexts. The focus of this book is on contemporary writing, from the 1970's onwards, although it also traces over a hundred years of Asian American literary production in prose, poetry, drama and criticism. The main body of the book comprises five periodized chapters that highlight important events in a nation-state that has historically rendered Asian Americans invisible

Contents:

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1. American Ways of Looking, 1880's-1920's; 2. We are America, 1930's-50's; 3. Noise, Trouble and Backtalk, 1960's-70's; 4. Between Worlds, the 1980's; 5. Heterogeneity, Hybridity and Multiplicity, the 1990's; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611357535

9781281357533

1281357537

9780748629831

0748629831

OCLC:

465643312