Description |
x, 241 pages ; 25 cm. |
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New Americanists
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New Americanists.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: "a city of words" -- America in the heart: political desire in Younghill Kang, Carlos Bulosan, Milton Murayama, and John Okada -- Authoring subjects: Frank Chin and David Mura -- Womens' plots: Edith Maude Eaton and Bharati Mukherjee -- "That was China, that was their fate": ethnicity and agency in The joy luck club -- Tripmaster monkey, Frank Chin, and the Chinese heroic tradition -- Coda: "What we should become, what we were". |
Subject |
American literature -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Asian American authors. |
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Women authors. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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Assimilation (Sociology) in literature.
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Assimilation (Sociology) in literature. |
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Women and literature -- United States.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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Asian Americans in literature.
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Asian Americans in literature. |
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Group identity in literature.
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Group identity in literature. |
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Authorship -- Sex differences.
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Authorship -- Sex differences. |
Genre/Form |
Bildungsromans.
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Bildungsromans.
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ISBN |
0822324652 paper alkaline paper |
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082232430X cloth alkaline paper |
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