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Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s (The Asian American Experience)
Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s - The Asian American Experience Author:Xiao-huang Yin CHINESE AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE THE 1850S traces the origins and development of this extensive and largely neglected body of literature written in English as well as in Chinese, assessing its style and placing it in a broad social and historical context. This essential volume, a much-needed guide to the field, shows how change and continuity ... more »in the Chinese American experience are reflected in the writings of immigrants from China and their descendants in the United States. Using a fresh approach that combines literary and historical scholarship, Xiao-huang Yin covers representative works from the 1850s to the present. These include journalistic and autobiographical texts from nineteenth-century Chinese authors; writings of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century "cultivated Chinese," students and scholars who came to America to advance their education; and the work of more recent authors who have entered the canon. As the only volume that covers the literature written by immigrant authors in the Chinese language, Yin's book significantly enlarges the scope of Chinese and Asian American studies. This body of literature reflects the high percentage of Chinese Americans for whom the Chinese language remains an integral part of everyday life. A core text for students and scholars of Asian American studies, CHINESE AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE THE 1850S is an important resource for literary critics and historians interested in diaspora studies, transnationalism, race and ethnicity, and the immigrant experience in which Chinese American literature is embedded.« less