Asian American Books


Classics of Modern South Asian Literature.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental SocietyClassics of Modern South Asian Literature.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published...
Memory and the ethnic self: reading Amy Tan's 'The Joy Luck Club.' (Special Issue: Varieties of Ethnic Criticism): An article from: MELUSMemory and the ethnic self: reading Amy Tan's 'The Joy Luck Club.' (Special Issue: Varieties of Ethnic Criticism): An article from: MELUS
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This digital document is an article from MELUS, published by The Society for the Study of the...
Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and DiscoveriesPastries: A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries
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Sunya Malhotra, a young American woman whose parents had migrated from India, is the head baker...
The Woman WarriorThe Woman WarriorJohn Saul: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)John Saul: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)
I'm giving this five stars because I think that the idea is good and it's not the...


Chinaman Pacific & Frisco R R Co SignedChinaman Pacific & Frisco R R Co SignedMaxine Hong Kingston: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)Maxine Hong Kingston: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)
Maxine Hong Kingston's first book, Woman Warrior gained instant popularity and critical...
TRIPMASTER MONKEY, HIS FAKE BOOKTRIPMASTER MONKEY, HIS FAKE BOOKA Bitter Feast (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels)A Bitter Feast (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels)
Joining the company of Sue Grafton, Jonathan Kellerman, and Patricia Cornwell, Shamus...
A World Between: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays by Iranian-AmericansA World Between: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans
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This anthology is long overdue and offers an important look at the experiences of Iranians on...


Michelle Kwan: Figure Skater (Ferguson Career Biographies)Michelle Kwan: Figure Skater (Ferguson Career Biographies)
This book makes me become a huge fan of Michelle Kwan. She is my role model now. Cited from the...
Ends of Empire: Asian American Critique and the Cold War (Critical American Studies)Ends of Empire: Asian American Critique and the Cold War (Critical American Studies)
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Ends of Empire examines Asian American cultural production and its challenge to the dominant...
Choreographing Asian AmericaChoreographing Asian America
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Poised at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies, Choreographing Asian...
Jean Giraudoux and Oriental Thought (American University Studies : Series III, Comparative Literature, Vol 6)Jean Giraudoux and Oriental Thought (American University Studies : Series III, Comparative Literature, Vol 6)Black Mothers to Sons: Juxtaposing African American Literature With Social Practice (Counterpoints, Vol. 20)Black Mothers to Sons: Juxtaposing African American Literature With Social Practice (Counterpoints, Vol. 20)
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The Critical Response in Japan to African American Writers (Modern, American Literature: New Approaches)The Critical Response in Japan to African American Writers (Modern, American Literature: New Approaches)
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Literary Authority and the Modern Chinese Writer: Ambivalence and AutobiographyLiterary Authority and the Modern Chinese Writer: Ambivalence and Autobiography
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Throughout the twentieth century, Chinese writers have confronted the problem of creating a new...
The Tao and the Logos: Literary Hermeneutics, East and West (Post-Contemporary Interventions)The Tao and the Logos: Literary Hermeneutics, East and West (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
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Questions of the nature of understanding and interpretation?hermeneutics?are fundamental in...
Modernism and the Nativist Resistance: Contemporary Chinese Fiction from TaiwanModernism and the Nativist Resistance: Contemporary Chinese Fiction from Taiwan
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The first comprehensive English-language study of literary trends in the fiction of Taiwan over...
**SIGNED BOOKPLATES/AUTOGRAPHS by poet MAXINE HONG KINGSTON****SIGNED BOOKPLATES/AUTOGRAPHS by poet MAXINE HONG KINGSTON**

Race and the Modern Artist (W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research.)Race and the Modern Artist (W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research.)
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Definitions of modernism have been debated throughout the twentieth century. But both during the...
The Writer as Migrant (The Rice University Campbell Lectures)The Writer as Migrant (The Rice University Campbell Lectures)
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Ha Jin is a Chinese emigre who has written in English five well-received novels ...
Edith and Winnifred Eaton: CHINATOWN MISSIONS AND JAPANESE ROMANCES (Asian American Experience)Edith and Winnifred Eaton: CHINATOWN MISSIONS AND JAPANESE ROMANCES (Asian American Experience)
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Daughters of a British father and a Chinese mother, Edith and Winnifred Eaton pursued wildly...
The Songs of Salanda: And Other Stories of SuluThe Songs of Salanda: And Other Stories of Sulu
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Having visited the Philippines a number of times, I was familiar with some aspects of...
Reading Amy Tan (The Pop Lit Book Club)Reading Amy Tan (The Pop Lit Book Club)
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A tour-de-force in Asian American writing, Amy Tan has created works that are essential to high...

Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a DifferenceDear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
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Can we stand firm for JUSTICE in wartime? HOW CAN WE NOT?? Clara Breed had a passion for...
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted DaughterChinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
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Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah Adeline Yen Mah known as Fifth Sister or...
Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto, and Mr. Moto: Poetry and Identity (Poets on Poetry)Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto, and Mr. Moto: Poetry and Identity (Poets on Poetry)
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As a Sansei or third-generation Japanese American poet, David Mura is one of the generation of...
The Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese LiteratureThe Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese LiteratureMla, 1996: European, Asian, African and Latin American Literatures (Mla International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures Vol II)Mla, 1996: European, Asian, African and Latin American Literatures (Mla International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures Vol II)
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The Carnivalesque Defunto: Death and the Dead in Modern Brazilian Literature (Ohio RIS Latin America Series)The Carnivalesque Defunto: Death and the Dead in Modern Brazilian Literature (Ohio RIS Latin America Series)
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T he Carnivalesque Defunto explores the representations of death and the dead in Brazil?s...
Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by FilipinasGoing Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas
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Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by Marianne Villanueva and Virginia Cerenio, Going Home...
The American diary of a Japanese girlThe American diary of a Japanese girl
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional...
Essays Speculative and SuggestiveEssays Speculative and Suggestive
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This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1893 edition by Chapman and Hall, Ld.,...
Asian American Plays for a New GenerationAsian American Plays for a New Generation
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Asian American plays provide an opportunity to think about how racial issues are engaged through...

Positioning the New: Chinese American Literature and the Changing Image of the American Literary CanonPositioning the New: Chinese American Literature and the Changing Image of the American Literary Canon
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This ground-breaking edited volume includes chapters which explore the past, present and future...
Native Speaker 5ctNative Speaker 5ctWorld History Series - The Internment of the JapaneseWorld History Series - The Internment of the Japanese
From March 1942 to December 1944, thousands of innocent American citizens were incarcerated by...
Aspects of Diaspora (Euro-Sinica, Band 10)Aspects of Diaspora (Euro-Sinica, Band 10)
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History of Indian Literature, TheHistory of Indian Literature, The
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The literature of India is one of the most ancient (along with Egyptian and Assyrian)...

Hiromi's HandsHiromi's Hands
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Akira Suzuki grew up in Japan in a rural household with seven siblings. He quickly understood...
The Imperialist Imaginary: Visions of Asia and the Pacific in American Culture (Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas)The Imperialist Imaginary: Visions of Asia and the Pacific in American Culture (Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas)
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By interpreting the Pacific Rim as a unified region binding together the territorial US with the...
The Joy Luck Club (Barnes and Noble Reader's Companion) (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion)The Joy Luck Club (Barnes and Noble Reader's Companion) (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion)
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From English classes to book clubs, Amy Tan's bestseller The Joy Luck Club has become a...
The Joy Luck ClubThe Joy Luck Club
A New York Times Bestseller In 1949 four Chinese women - drawn together by the shadow of...
The Bonesetter's DaughterThe Bonesetter's Daughter
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When Tan visited Guizhou to write a story about the Dong minority for National Geographic, she...

When marketing overwhelms journalism.: An article from: American Journalism ReviewWhen marketing overwhelms journalism.: An article from: American Journalism Review
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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of...
Currents of study: charting the course of Asian American literary criticism.(Critical Essay): An article from: Studies in the Literary ImaginationCurrents of study: charting the course of Asian American literary criticism.(Critical Essay): An article from: Studies in the Literary Imagination
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This digital document is an article from Studies in the Literary Imagination, published by...
Review essay: adoption, interracial marriage, and mixed-race babies: the new America in recent Asian American fiction.(Eat Everything Before You Die: ... Wife)(Book Review): An article from: MELUSReview essay: adoption, interracial marriage, and mixed-race babies: the new America in recent Asian American fiction.(Eat Everything Before You Die: ... Wife)(Book Review): An article from: MELUS
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This digital document is an article from MELUS, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The...
Herders sämmtliche Werke (German Edition)Herders sämmtliche Werke (German Edition)
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1878 edition by Weidmann, Berlin.
Demokritos oder hinterlassene Papiere eines lachenden Philosophen: Von dem Verfasser der 'Briefe eines in Deutschland reisenden Deutschen'. Band VII (German Edition)Demokritos oder hinterlassene Papiere eines lachenden Philosophen: Von dem Verfasser der 'Briefe eines in Deutschland reisenden Deutschen'. Band VII (German Edition)
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1862 edition by Rieger, Stuttgart.

Histoire littéraire de la France sous Charlemagne et durant les Xe et XIe siècles (French Edition)Histoire littéraire de la France sous Charlemagne et durant les Xe et XIe siècles (French Edition)
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1870 edition by Didier et Cie, Paris.
Maxine Hong Kingston (Contemporary World Writers)Maxine Hong Kingston (Contemporary World Writers)
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Since the publication of The Woman Warrior in 1976, Maxine Hong Kingston has gained a...
Joy Luck Club Film (749351489)Joy Luck Club Film (749351489)Asian-American Crafts Kids Can Do! (Multicultural Crafts Kids Can Do!)Asian-American Crafts Kids Can Do! (Multicultural Crafts Kids Can Do!)
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Amy Tan: A Literary Companion (McFarland Literary Companion)Amy Tan: A Literary Companion (McFarland Literary Companion)
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In the mid?1980s, Amy Tan was a successful but unhappy corporate speechwriter. By the end of the...

The Kitchen God's WifeThe Kitchen God's Wife
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This is the first and only book of Amy Tan that I read so far and I must say that I look...
Joy Luck Club-O.M.Joy Luck Club-O.M.
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Silence to Light: Japan and the Shadows of WarSilence to Light: Japan and the Shadows of War
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I Come from India (This Is My Story)I Come from India (This Is My Story)
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This Other SaltThis Other Salt
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In this long-awaited second collection from Aamer Hussein, he continues and deepens his oblique,...

1997 Mla International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures: European, Asian, African, and Latin American ... the Modern Languages and Literatures Vol II)1997 Mla International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures: European, Asian, African, and Latin American ... the Modern Languages and Literatures Vol II)
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Pacific Microphone (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)Pacific Microphone (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)
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I've read dozens of WWII books in the past 15 years and Dunn's "Pacific...
The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial ExperienceThe Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience
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The book is about diasporic postcolonial experience. Amazon has its contents and description...
Collected voices: An anthology of Asian North American periodical writingCollected voices: An anthology of Asian North American periodical writingChild of WarChild of War
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Tri / ViaTri / Via
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Poetry. "This book is a delight. That poetry can blast binaries to smithereens and follow...
Vera Wang Queen of Fashion; Amazing Chinese American (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans) (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans)Vera Wang Queen of Fashion; Amazing Chinese American (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans) (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans)
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What a wonderful fairy-tale story -- all the more amazing because it's a true story about a...
Saving Fish from DrowningSaving Fish from Drowning
I am really surprised at the reviews I have seen thus far. Although this book is a change of...
Homebase: A NovelHomebase: A NovelLocating Race: Global Sites of Post-Colonial Citizenship (Explorations in Postcolonial Citizenship)Locating Race: Global Sites of Post-Colonial Citizenship (Explorations in Postcolonial Citizenship)
Pinpoints the limits of many current globalization theories in challenging racial oppression,...

Ends of Empire: Asian American Critique and the Cold War (Critical American Studies)Ends of Empire: Asian American Critique and the Cold War (Critical American Studies)
Ends of Empire examines Asian American cultural production and its challenge to the dominant...
Foreign Accents: Chinese American Verse from Exclusion to Postethnicity (Global Asias)Foreign Accents: Chinese American Verse from Exclusion to Postethnicity (Global Asias)
Foreign Accents examines the various transpacific signifying strategies by which poets of...
Saving Fish from DrowningSaving Fish from DrowningPrincess September and the Nightingale (Opie Library)Princess September and the Nightingale (Opie Library)
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This book was a pure joy to read. Even though it's meant for children, I received it as a...
The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945 (The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945)The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945 (The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945)
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Guiyou Huang traces the history of Asian American literature from the end of World War II to the...

Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)
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Do you know what happened to the altar food left open in the Wild West by early Chinese...
Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)
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Using a fresh approach that combines literary and historical scholarship, Xiao-huang Yin traces...
Geschichte der poetischen Nationalliteratur der Hebräer (German Edition)Geschichte der poetischen Nationalliteratur der Hebräer (German Edition)
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1856 edition by Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
Handel und Wandel: Meine Lehr- und Wanderjahre. Band II (German Edition)Handel und Wandel: Meine Lehr- und Wanderjahre. Band II (German Edition)
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1869 edition by Adolph Krabbe, Stuttgart.
Journal littéraire dédié au Roi, par une société d'académiciens: Volume 19. Septembre & Octobre (French Edition)Journal littéraire dédié au Roi, par une société d'académiciens: Volume 19. Septembre & Octobre (French Edition)
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1775 edition by G. J. Decker, Berlin.

Herders sämmtliche Werke: Band 4. Kritische Wälder, oder Betrachtungen über die Wissenschaft und Kunst des Schönen. Wäldchen 4. Kleine Schriften (Rezensionen) u. a. (German Edition)Herders sämmtliche Werke: Band 4. Kritische Wälder, oder Betrachtungen über die Wissenschaft und Kunst des Schönen. Wäldchen 4. Kleine Schriften (Rezensionen) u. a. (German Edition)
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1878 edition by Weidmann, Berlin.
Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs)Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
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George Elison's DEUS DESTROYED IS a very scholarly work, but one without a raison...
The East Indians (Coming to America)The East Indians (Coming to America)
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Lives of Notable Asian Americans: Literature and Education (Asian American Experience (Chelsea House))Lives of Notable Asian Americans: Literature and Education (Asian American Experience (Chelsea House))
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A collection of biographical essays notes the achievements of such Asian-American writers as Amy...
Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings By and About Asian American WomenMaking Waves: An Anthology of Writings By and About Asian American Women
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This anthology is a collection of works by 53 Asian American women that contains works of...

Interrogating Interstices: Gothic Aesthetics in Postcolonial Asian and Asian American LiteratureInterrogating Interstices: Gothic Aesthetics in Postcolonial Asian and Asian American LiteratureFull Metal Apache: Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America (Post-Contemporary Interventions)Full Metal Apache: Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
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When I first heard of this book, I preordered and awaited it breathlessly. When it came earlier...
Saving Fish from DrowningSaving Fish from Drowning
I am really surprised at the reviews I have seen thus far. Although this book is a change of...
Homebase: A NovelHomebase: A NovelLocating Race: Global Sites of Post-Colonial Citizenship (Explorations in Postcolonial Citizenship)Locating Race: Global Sites of Post-Colonial Citizenship (Explorations in Postcolonial Citizenship)
Pinpoints the limits of many current globalization theories in challenging racial oppression,...

Ends of Empire: Asian American Critique and the Cold War (Critical American Studies)Ends of Empire: Asian American Critique and the Cold War (Critical American Studies)
Ends of Empire examines Asian American cultural production and its challenge to the dominant...
Foreign Accents: Chinese American Verse from Exclusion to Postethnicity (Global Asias)Foreign Accents: Chinese American Verse from Exclusion to Postethnicity (Global Asias)
Foreign Accents examines the various transpacific signifying strategies by which poets of...
Saving Fish from DrowningSaving Fish from DrowningPrincess September and the Nightingale (Opie Library)Princess September and the Nightingale (Opie Library)
Best Price: $47.30
This book was a pure joy to read. Even though it's meant for children, I received it as a...
The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945 (The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945)The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945 (The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945)
Best Price: $33.94
Guiyou Huang traces the history of Asian American literature from the end of World War II to the...

Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)
Best Price: $22.99
Do you know what happened to the altar food left open in the Wild West by early Chinese...
Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)
Best Price: $22.00
Using a fresh approach that combines literary and historical scholarship, Xiao-huang Yin traces...
   
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