Reading Asian American Literature : from necessity to extravagance.
Wong, Sau-ling Cynthia.
Reading Asian American Literature : from necessity to extravagance. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (269 pages)
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS.
A recent explosion of publishing activity by a wide range of talented writers has placed Asian American literature in the limelight. As the field of Asian American literary studies gains increasing recognition, however, questions of misreading and appropriation inevitably arise. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the "mainstream" canon and other "minority" literatures? In the first comprehensive book on Asian American literature since Elaine Kim's ground-breaking 1982 volume, Sau.
9781400821068 (electronic bk.) 1400821061 (electronic bk.)
22573/cttvqrm JSTOR
American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.
Asian Americans--Intellectual life.
Ethnic relations in literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Littérature américaine--Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique--Histoire et critique.
Américains d'origine asiatique--Vie intellectuelle.
Relations interethniques dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--Asian American.
American literature--Asian American authors.
Asian Americans in literature.
Asian Americans--Intellectual life.
Ethnic relations in literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS153.A84W66 1993
810.9/895
Reading Asian American Literature : from necessity to extravagance. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (269 pages)
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS.
A recent explosion of publishing activity by a wide range of talented writers has placed Asian American literature in the limelight. As the field of Asian American literary studies gains increasing recognition, however, questions of misreading and appropriation inevitably arise. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the "mainstream" canon and other "minority" literatures? In the first comprehensive book on Asian American literature since Elaine Kim's ground-breaking 1982 volume, Sau.
9781400821068 (electronic bk.) 1400821061 (electronic bk.)
22573/cttvqrm JSTOR
American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.
Asian Americans--Intellectual life.
Ethnic relations in literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Littérature américaine--Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique--Histoire et critique.
Américains d'origine asiatique--Vie intellectuelle.
Relations interethniques dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--Asian American.
American literature--Asian American authors.
Asian Americans in literature.
Asian Americans--Intellectual life.
Ethnic relations in literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS153.A84W66 1993
810.9/895