Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s Paperback - 2006
by Xiao-Huang Yin
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The writing of early Chinese immigrants is a record of plea and protest-a plea for tolerance and a protest against mistreatment and discrimination.
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Chinese American Literature since the 1850s traces the origins and development of the extensive and largely neglected body of literature written in English and in Chinese, assessing its themes and style and placing it in a broad social and historical context. This essential volume, a much-needed introduction and guide to the field, shows how change and continuity 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 on the walls of Angel Island, the main Asian immigrant arrival point on the West Coast; writings of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century "cultivated Chinese", students and scholars who came to America to advance their educations; and the work of more recent authors who have entered the canon, including Sui Sin Far, Jade Snow Wong, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Amy Tan.
As the only volume that covers the literature written by immigrant authors in the Chinese language, Xiao-huang Yin's book significantly enlarges the scope of Chinese and Asian American studies. This body of literature, including works by immigrant writers such as Chen Ruoxi, Yu Lihua, and Zhang Xiguo, 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 forliterary critics, historians, sociologists, and anthropologists interested in diaspora studies, transnationalism, cultural studies, race and ethnicity, and the immigrant experiences in which Chinese American literature is embedded.
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- Title Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s
- Author Xiao-Huang Yin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press
- Date February 27, 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780252073489 / 0252073487
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6.06 x 0.98 in (22.81 x 15.39 x 2.49 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Chinese
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 9906512
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.989
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