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1 online resource (ix, 219 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index. |
| Contents |
The 'negro problem' and the 'yellow peril': early twentieth-century America's views on Blacks and Asians -- Estrangement on a train: race and narratives of American identity in the marrow of tradition and America through the spectacles of an oriental diplomat -- The eaton sisters go to Jamaica -- Quicksand and the racial aesthetics of chinoiserie -- Nation, narration, and the Afro-Asian encounter in W.E.B. Du Bois' Dark princess -- And Younghill Kang's East goes west. |
| Summary |
Why do black characters appear so frequently in Asian American literary works and Asian characters appear in African American literary works in the early twentieth century? Interracial Encounters attempts to answer this rather straightforward literary question, arguing that scenes depicting Black-Asian interactions, relationships, and conflicts capture the constitution of African American and Asian American identities as each group struggled to negotiate the racially exclusionary nature of American identity. In this nuanced study, Julia H. Lee argues that the diversity and ambiguity that chara. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Asian American authors. |
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Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
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Asian Americans in literature.
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Asian Americans in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Julia H. Interracial encounters. New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814752555 (DLC) 2011015709 (OCoLC)716070468 |
| ISBN |
9780814752579 electronic book |
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0814752578 electronic book |
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9780814753286 electronic book |
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0814753280 electronic book |
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9780814752555 |
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0814752551 |
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9780814752562 |
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081475256X |
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