Reading Asian American Literature : From Necessity to Extravagance

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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 b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wong, Sau-ling Cynthia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ethnic relations in literature.
Asian Americans > Intellectual life.
Asian Americans in literature.
American literature > Asian American authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
Americains d'origine asiatique dans la litterature.
Relations interethniques dans la litterature.
Americains d'origine asiatique > Vie intellectuelle.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs americains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9781400821068

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