Reading the Literatures of Asian America

Shirley Lim, Amy Ling, Shirley Lim, Amy Ling

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9780877229360
• eBook ISBN: 9781439901212
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Social Sciences

With the recent proliferation of critically acclaimed literature by Asian American writers, this groundbreaking collection of essays provides a unique resource for students, scholars, and the general reading public. The homogeneity implied by the term "Asian American" is replaced in this volume with the rich diversity of highly disparate peoples. Languages, religions, races and cultural and national backgrounds. Examining a century of Asian American literature from the late 19th century up through the contemporary experimental drama of Ping Chong, the contributors address the work of writers with Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, East Indian, and Pacific Island ancestry. Asian Canadian and Hawaiian literature are also considered.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• PART I AMBIVALENT IDENTITIES
• PART II RACE AND GENDER
• PART III BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
• PART IV REPRESENTATIONS AND SELF-REPRESENTATIONS
• NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS