The Routledge companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander literature /

The Routledge Companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature offers a general introduction as well as a range of critical approaches to this important and expanding field. Divided into three sections, the volume introduces "keywords" connecting the theories, themes and methodo...

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Other Authors:	Lee, Rachel C., 1966-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:	Routledge companions.
Subjects:	American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism. Asian Americans > Intellectual life. Asian Americans in literature. American literature > Pacific Islander American authors > History and criticism. Pacific Islander Americans > Intellectual life. Islands of the Pacific > Intellectual life. Pacific Island Americans in literature. Group identity in literature. National characteristics in literature.

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Summary:	The Routledge Companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature offers a general introduction as well as a range of critical approaches to this important and expanding field. Divided into three sections, the volume introduces "keywords" connecting the theories, themes and methodologies distinctive to Asian American Literature, addresses historical periods, geographies and literary identities and looks at different genre, form and interdisciplinarity. With 41 essays from scholars in the field this collection is a comprehensive guide to a significant area of literary study for students and teachers of Ethnic American, Asian diasporic and Pacific Islander Literature.
Physical Description:	xv, 521 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780415642484 (hardcover) 0415642485 (hardcover)