Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s

by Yin, Xiao-Huang

• ISBN13: 9780252025242
• ISBN10: 0252025245
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

Essential introduction and guide to the development of Chinese literature in America.

Author Biography

Xiao-huang Yin is chair and associate professor of the American Studies Program at Occidental College.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Plea and Protest: The Voices of Early Chinese Immigrants	p. 11
The Writing of "Cultivated Chinese": Improving an Image to Win Sympathy and Acceptance	p. 53
The Voice of a Eurasian: Sui Sin Far and Her Writing	p. 85
Seeking a Place in American Life: The Autobiographical Writing of Second-Generation Chinese	p. 117
What's in a Name: Chinese-Language Literature in America	p. 157
Immigration Blues: Themes and Subject Matter in Chinese-Language Literature since the 1960s	p. 184
Multiple Voices and the "War of Words": Contemporary Chinese American Literature	p. 229
Epilogue	p. 255
Glossary	p. 263
English Bibliography	p. 267
Chinese Bibliography	p. 291
Index	p. 297
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