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The Cambridge Companion to Asian American Literature by Crystal Parikh (New York University)

The Cambridge Companion to Asian American Literature offers an engaging survey of Asian American literature from the nineteenth century to the present day. Since the 1980s, Asian American literary studies has developed into a substantial and vibrant field within English and American Studies. This Companion explores the variety of historical periods, literary genres and cultural movements affecting the development of Asian American literature. Written by a host of leading scholars in the field, this book provides insight into the representative movements, regional settings, archival resources and critical reception that define Asian American literature. Covering subjects from immigrant narratives and internment literature to contemporary race studies and the problem of translation, this Companion provides insight into the myriad traditions that have shaped the Asian American literary landscape.

About Crystal Parikh (New York University)

Crystal Parikh is Associate Professor of English at New York University. She specializes in twentieth-century and contemporary American literature and culture, with a focus on comparative race and ethnic studies. She is the author of An Ethics of Betrayal: The Politics of Otherness in Emergent US Literature and Culture, which won the Modern Language Association Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary Studies. Daniel Y. Kim is Associate Professor of English at Brown University, where he teaches classes in Asian American literature, American literature and ethnic studies. He is the author of Writing Manhood in Black and Yellow: Ralph Ellison, Frank Chin, and the Literary Politics of Identity.

1. Asian American literature within and beyond the immigrant narrative Min Hyoung Song; 2. America's empire and the Asia-Pacific: constructing Hawaii and the Philippines Denise Cruz and Erin Suzuki; 3. Adjudicating Asian America Kandice Chuh and Karen Shimikawa; 4. Writing the internment Greg Robinson; 5. The literature of the Korean War and Vietnam War Daniel Y. Kim and Viet Thanh Nguyen; 6. The war on terror: post 9/11 South Asian and Arab American literature Rajini Srikanth; 7. Asian American drama Josephine Lee; 8. Asian American poetry Josephine Park; 9. Model minority narratives and the Asian American family Erin Ninh; 10. The writing of translation Christopher Lee; 11. Popular genres and new media Betsy Huang; 12. Towards a definition of diaspora literature Hyungji Park; 13. Feminisms and queer interventions into Asian America Helena Grice and Crystal Parikh; 14. Comparative race studies and interracialisms Joseph Keith; 15. Rethinking embodiment and hybridity: mixed race, adoptee and disabled subjectivities Cathy Schlund-Vials and Cynthia Wu.

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The Cambridge Companion to Asian American Literature by Crystal Parikh (New York University)

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Crystal Parikh (New York University)

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Cambridge Companions to Literature

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Cambridge University Press

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2015-08-20

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272

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The Cambridge Companion to Asian American Literature by Crystal Parikh (New York University)

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