LEADER 02588nam 22005533u 450 001 9910451310403321 005 20210114074032.0 010 $a1-281-35753-7 010 $a9786611357535 010 $a0-7486-2983-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000414809 035 $a(EBL)343568 035 $a(OCoLC)465643312 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000106367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128658 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10109992 035 $a(PQKB)10861196 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC343568 035 $a(PPN)190370238 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000414809 100 $a20130418d2008|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAsian American Literature$b[electronic resource] 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aEdinburgh Critical Guides to Literature 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2271-3 327 $aCOVER; 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 330 $aThis critical study of Asian American literature discusses work by internationally successful writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Chang-rae Lee, Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan and others in their historical, cultural and critical contexts. The focus of this book is on contemporary writing, from the 1970's onwards, although it also traces over a hundred years of Asian American literary production in prose, poetry, drama and criticism. The main body of the book comprises five periodized chapters that highlight important events in a nation-state that has historically rendered Asian Americans invisible 410 0$aEdinburgh Critical Guides to Literature 606 $aAmerican literature 606 $aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aAmerican literature. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism 676 $a810.9895073 700 $aAdams$b Bella$0921141 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451310403321 996 $aAsian American Literature$92066123 997 $aUNINA