Chinese American literature since the 1850s / Xiao-huang Yin ; foreword by Roger Daniels.

Author/creator Yin, Xiao-huang
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxiv, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Subjects
American literature--Chinese American authors. --History and criticism.
American literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
American literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
American literature--Chinese influences.
Chinese Americans--Intellectual life.
Chinese Americans in literature.

SeriesAsian American experience
Asian American experience. ^A326577
Contents Plea and protest: the voices of early Chinese immigrants -- The writing of "cultivated Chinese": improving an image to win sympathy and acceptance -- The voice of a Eurasian: Sui Sin Far and her writing -- Seeking a place in American life: the autobiographical writing of second-generation Chinese -- What's in a name: Chinese-language literature in America -- Immigration blues: themes and subject matter in Chinese-language literature since the 1960s -- Multiple voices and the "war of words": contemporary Chinese American literature.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-296) and index.
LCCN 99006512
ISBN0252025245 (alk. paper)

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