Asian American literature. ([2008])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bella Adams.
• Authors: Adams, Bella
• Contents: Chronology -- Introduction. Some thoughts on ethnicity and writing ; A history of Asian American literature ; Asian American canon formation ; About this book -- American ways of looking, 1880s-1920s. Yan Phou Lee, When I was a boy in China (1887) ; Winnifred Eaton and Edith Eaton, selected short stories (1900-15) -- We are America, 1930s-50s. Carlos Bulosan, America is in the heart (1946) and Toshio Mori, selected short stories (1949) ; Monica Sone, Nisei daughter (1953), John Okada, No-no boy (1957) and Hisaye Yamamoto, selected short stories (1949-51) -- Noise, trouble and backtalk, 1960s-70s. Jade Snow Wong, Fifth Chinese daughter (1950) and Louis Chu, Eat a bowl of tea (1961) ; Frank Chin, The chickencoop Chinaman (1972), The year of the dragon (1974) and The Chinaman Pacific and Frisco R.R. Co. (1988) ; Maxine Hong Kingston, The woman warrior (1976) and China men (1980) -- Between worlds, the 1980s. Joy Kogawa, Obasan (1981) ; Maxine Hong Kingston, Tripmaster monkey (1989) and David Henry Hwang, FOB (1979) and M. Butterfly (1988) ; Amy Tan, The joy luck club (1989) ; Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine (1989) and Wendy Law-Yone, The coffin tree (1983) -- Heterogeneity, hybridity and multiplicity, the 1990s. Refugee literatures ; Lan Cao, Monkey bridge (1997) ; Sky Lee, Disappearing Moon Café (1990) ; Mei Ng, Eating Chinese good naked (1998) ; Chang-rae Lee, Native speaker (1995) -- Conclusion -- Student resources. Glossary ; Selected electronic resources ; Guide to further reading.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 220 pages)
• Subjects: 810.9895073; American literature -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- Asian American; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Middle Eastern; American literature -- Asian American authors; Electronic books; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748629831; 0748629831; 9781780344706; 1780344708
• Related ISBNs: 1281357537; 9781281357533; 0748622721; 0748622713; 9780748622719; 9780748622726
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-215) and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed October 7, 2020)
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