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"Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students is an invaluable resource for high school and university students curious to know more about Asian North American writers, texts, and the issues and drives that motivate their writing"-- Provided by publisher.

"This volume collects, in one place, a breadth of information about Asian American literacy and cultural history as well as the authors and texts that best define it. A dozen contextual essays introduce fundamental elements or subcategories of Asian American literature, expanding on social and literary concerns or tensions that are familiar and relevant. Essays include the origins and development of the term "Asian American"; overviews of Asian American and Asian Canadian social and literary histories; essays on Asian American identity, gender issues, and sexuality; and discussions of Asian American rhetoric and children's literature. More than 120 alphabetical entries round out the volume and cover important Asian North American authors. Historical information is presented in clear and engaging ways, and author entries emphasize biographical or textual details that are significant to contemporary young adults. Special attention has been given to pioneering authors from the late 19th century through the early 1970s and to influential or well-known contemporary authors, especially those likely to be studied in high school or university classrooms" -- Provided by publisher.

Overview essays. Asian North American history ; Asian North American rhetoric and literary criticism ; Asian North American literary themes ; Asian North American literary stereotypes ; Asian North American identities ; Asian North American gender and sexuality ; Asian North American children's literature

Alexander, Meena

Bacho, Peter

Bui, Thi

Bulosan, Carlos

Cao, Lan

Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung

Chan, Jeffrey Paul

Chang, Diana

Cheung, King-Kok

Chin, Ava

Chin, Frank

Chin, Justin

Chong, Denise

Chopra, Deepak

Choy, Wayson

Chu, Louis

Desai, Kiran

Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee

Eaton, Edith Maude (Sui Sin Far)

Eaton, Winnifred (Onoto Watanna)

Espiritu, Augusto F.

Gotanda, Philip Kan

Goto, Hiromi

Hagedorn, Jessica

Hahn, Kimiko

Hartmann, Sadakichi

Hasu Houston, Velina

Hayakawa, S.I.

Hongo, Garrett

Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki

Hwang, David Henry

Inada, Lawson Fusao

Jen, Gish

Jin, Ha

Kadohata, Cynthia

Kakutani, Michiko

Kang, Younghill

Keller, Nora Okja

Kim, Elaine H.

Kim, Richard E.

Kim, Ronyoung

Kingston, Maxine Hong

Kogawa, Joy

Lahiri, Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa"

Lau, Evelyn

Lee, Ang

Lee, Chang-rae

Lee, Don

Lee, Li-Young

Lee, SKY

Lee, Yan Phou (Lee Enfu)

Leong, Russell

Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin

Liu, Aimee

Liu, Ken

Liu, Marjorie

Liu, Timothy

Louie, David Wong

Lum, Darrell H.Y.

Minatoya, Lydia

Mori, Kyoko

Mori, Toshio

Mukherjee, Bharati

Mura, David

Murayama, Milton

Namioka, Lensey

Ng, Celeste

Ng, Fae Myenne

Nguyen, Viet Thanh

Noguchi, Yone

Nunez, Sigrid

Okada, John

Okihiro, Gary Y.

Okubo, Miné

Ondaatje, Michael

Ong, Han

Otsuka, Julie

Ozeki, Ruth

Phi, Bao

Santos, Bienvenido N.

See, Lisa

Selvadurai, Shyam

Shioya, Sakae

Sindu, SJ

Sone, Monica

Song, Cathy

Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki

Sukrungruang, Ira

Suleri, Sara

Tan, Amy

Thúy, Lê Thị Diem

Tomine, Adrian

Tsukiyama, Gail

Uchida, Yoshiko

Villa, José García

Wah, Fred

Wang, Qingfu (Wong Chin Foo)

Wang, Wayne

Wing, Yung

Wong, Jade Snow

Wong, Shawn

Worra, Bryan Thao

Yamada, Mitsuye

Yamamoto, Hisaye

Yamanaka, Lois-Ann

Yamashita, Karen Tei

Yamauchi, Wakako

Yang, Gene Luen

Yau, John

Yee, Lisa

Yee, Paul

Yep, Laurence

Yu, Charles.

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