Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview essays -- 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.

This book covers Asian North American writers, texts, motivating issues and drives, and literary and cultural history. Contextual essays introduce fundamental elements or subcategories of Asian American literature, including social and literary concerns. Discusses origins and development of the term "Asian American"; Asian American and Asian Canadian social and literary histories; identity, gender issues, and sexuality; and Asian American rhetoric and children's literature.

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