This critical study of Asian American literature discusses work by
internationally successful writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston,
Amy Tan, Bharati Mukherjee, Gish Jen, Chang-Rae Lee and Amitav
Ghosh, and situates them in a range of literary-cultural contexts.
The focus of the book is on twentieth-century writing,
particularly from the 1970s onwards, but it also traces the
historical development of Asian American literature and discusses
important earlier writers. Four central themes in Asian American
culture are covered: beginning Asian American literature;
ambassadorial literature; culture wars; and heterogeneity,
hybridity, multiplicity. Each chapter offers a broad discussion of
writers, concepts and approaches with case studies of key texts.
Particular emphasis is placed on the critical reception of these
writers, as they contribute to major debates in and around Asian
American Studies. Works by Asian American writers are considered in
relation to transatlantic literature, postcolonial theory, feminism
and postmodernism.
Key features
*The first readily available introductory guide to Asian
American literature.
*Discusses a representative range of Asian American literature,
providing a sense of the diversity of the field and of its key
themes and modes of writing.
*Links close reading of key texts with critical and theoretical
approaches to Asian American literature.
*Encourages reflection on questions of literary value,
canonicity and the scope and purpose of literary studies.
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