Asian American Literature : An Encyclopedia for Students / edited by Keith Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawrence, Keith, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Standardized Title:

Asian American literature (ABC-CLIO, LLC)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 389 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : Libraries Unlimited, 2020.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students is an invaluable resource for students curious to know more about Asian North American writers, texts, and the issues and drives that motivate their writing. This volume collects, in one place, a breadth of information about Asian American literary and cultural history as well as the authors and texts that best define it. A dozen contextual essays introduce fundamental elements or subcategories of Asian American literature, expanding on social and literary concerns or tensions that are familiar and relevant. Essays include the origins and development of the term "Asian American"; overviews of Asian American and Asian Canadian social and literary histories; essays on Asian American identity, gender issues, and sexuality; and discussions of Asian American rhetoric and children's literature. More than 120 alphabetical entries round out the volume and cover important Asian North American authors. Historical information is presented in clear and engaging ways, and author entries emphasize biographical or textual details that are significant to contemporary young adults. Special attention has been given to pioneering authors from the late 19th century through the early 1970s and to influential or well-known contemporary authors, especially those likely to be studied in high school or university classrooms.

Contents:

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: An Overview of Asian North American Literature Overview Essays Asian North American History Asian North American Rhetoric and Literary Criticism Asian North American Literary Themes Asian North American Literary Stereotypes Asian North American Identities Asian North American Gender and Sexuality Asian North American Children's Literature A-Z Entries Alexander, Meena Bacho, Peter Bui, Thi Bulosan, Carlos Cao, Lan Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung Chan, Jeffrey Paul Chang, Diana Cheung, King-Kok Chin, Ava Chin, Frank Chin, Justin Chong, Denise Chopra, Deepak Choy, Wayson Chu, Louis Desai, Kiran Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee Eaton, Edith Maude (Sui Sin Far) Eaton, Winnifred (Onoto Watanna) Espiritu, Augusto F. Gotanda, Philip Kan Goto, Hiromi Hagedorn, Jessica Hahn, Kimiko Hartmann, Sadakichi Hasu Houston, Velina Hayakawa, S. I. Hongo, Garrett Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Hwang, David Henry Inada, Lawson Fusao Jen, Gish Jin, Ha Kadohata, Cynthia Kakutani, Michiko Kang, Younghill Keller, Nora Okja Kim, Elaine H. Kim, Richard E. Kim, Ronyoung Kingston, Maxine Hong Kogawa, Joy Lahiri, Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lau, Evelyn Lee, Ang Lee, Chang-rae Lee, Don Lee, Li-Young Lee, SKY Lee, Yan Phou (Lee Enfu) Leong, Russell Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin Liu, Aimee Liu, Ken Liu, Marjorie Liu, Timothy Louie, David Wong Lum, Darrell H. Y. Minatoya, Lydia Mori, Kyoko Mori, Toshio Mukherjee, Bharati Mura, David Murayama, Milton Namioka, Lensey Ng, Celeste Ng, Fae Myenne Nguyen, Viet Thanh Noguchi, Yone Nunez, Sigrid Okada, John Okihiro, Gary Y. Okubo, Miné Ondaatje, Michael Ong, Han Otsuka, Julie Ozeki, Ruth Phi, Bao Santos, Bienvenido N. See, Lisa Selvadurai, Shyam Shioya, Sakae Sindu, SJ Sone, Monica Song, Cathy Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki Sukrungruang, Ira Suleri, Sara Tan, Amy Thúy, Lê Th? Di?m Tomine, Adrian Tsukiyama, Gail Uchida, Yoshiko Villa, José García Wah, Fred Wang, Qingfu (Wong Chin Foo) Wang, Wayne Wing, Yung Wong, Jade Snow Wong, Shawn Worra, Bryan Thao Yamada, Mitsuye Yamamoto, Hisaye Yamanaka, Lois-Ann Yamashita, Karen Tei Yamauchi, Wakako Yang, Gene Luen Yau, John Yee, Lisa Yee, Paul Yep, Laurence Yu, Charles About the Editor and Contributors Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400615146

9798216050117

9781440872891

1440872899

OCLC:

1226076435