Introducing Ethnic Studies General Editor: Robert Con
Davis-Undiano, Neustadt Professor of Comparative Literature at the
University of Oklahoma Providing the latest and the best of what is
being thought in Ethnic Studies, this series is directed toward
literary studies and particularly American Studies but also covers
interdisciplinary topics appropriate to cultural studies and
traditional area comparative studies, including material culture.
Each volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the topics
that are raised in discussions about ethnicity in contemporary
culture. Asian American Literary Studies Edited by Guiyou Huang
This volume presents global perspectives on Asian American
literature by accomplished scholars from Germany, Japan, Singapore,
Spain, and the US. It covers a diverse range of interdisciplinary
topics in contemporary Asian American Studies across a wide
spectrum of ethnic groups: Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian,
Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Vietnamese.
production of Asian American literary works, and the agency of the
self in the life writings of Asian American autobiographers.
Section II examines the confines of binary oppositions of gender,
as well as issues of pan-ethnicity and gender relations. Section
III explores the role that performance, film, and language play in
the definition of self-identity and in ethnic empowerment. Five
intrinsically connected themes run through all sections: gender
roles; stereotyping; identity politics; intersections of
literature, history, family, and the self; and the impact of wars
on Asian American culture and literature. The chapters illuminate
each other by discussing ideas and issues that are the enlargements
of other, related themes and topics.
General
Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Introducing Ethnic Studies |
Release date: |
July 2005 |
First published: |
July 2005 |
Editors: |
Guiyou Huang
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7486-2013-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: history & criticism >
General
|
LSN: |
0-7486-2013-3 |
Barcode: |
9780748620135 |
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