Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, Native, Latino/a and Asian American Fictions

A. Robert Lee

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2003

Multicultural American Literature

Comparative Black, Native, Latino/a and Asian American Fictions

A. Robert Lee

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474470193

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A full, detailed and carefully comparative analysis of recent American 'ethnic' writing from an author with an unparalleled knowledge of his subject. Timely, wide-ranging and informative, this book covers the writing - in both fiction and autobiography - of Black, Native, Latino/a and Asian American authors including Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, Gerald Vizenor, Lesley Marmon Silko, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Maxine Hong Kingston and Jessica Hagedorn. Taking a cultural studies perspective, A. Robert Lee recognises the context of politics and popular culture and draws on the visual as well as the literary spectrum.

This is the first book of its kind - while there are books available which introduce one or other of the ethnic traditions, no one has yet considered them in comparative terms in a single volume. As such it will be an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in multicultural American literature.

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First single volume comparative analysis of recent American 'ethnic' writing
Timely, wide-ranging and informative
Covers both fiction and autobiography

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction America and the Multicultural Word: Legacies, Maps, Vistas, Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Landmarks Ellison, Momaday, Anaya, Kingston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
2 Selves Autobiography, Autoethnicity, Autofiction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3 Afro-America Styling Modem and Contemporary Fictions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
4 'I Am Your Worst Nightmare: I Am an Indian with a Pen' Fictions of the Indian, Native Fictions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
5 Chicanismo, La Raza, Aztlan Fictions of Memory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
6 Eat a Bowl of Tea Fictions of America's Asia, Fictions of Asia's America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
7 Sites Indian Country, Asiatown, Black City, Barrio, Borderland, Migrancy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
8 Island America Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
9 The Postmodern Turn Metafiction, Playfield, Ventriloquy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
10 Epilogue Fictions of Whiteness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Primary Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Selected Secondary Scholarship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
Selected Literary Anthologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Bibliographic and Reference Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: February 15, 2022
ISBN: 9781474470193