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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777488103321

Autore

Adams Bella

Titolo

Asian American Literature [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-35753-7

9786611357535

0-7486-2983-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature

Disciplina

810.9895073

Soggetti

American literature

American literature - Asian American authors - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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