Beginning ethnic American literatures

Description

Since the late 1960s, American literature has been revitalised by the work of writers such as Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston. An introduction to the study of ethnic American fictions organised into four sections, each written by a specialist in the fields of African American, Asian American, Chicano/a and native American literature. Writers are discussed in their cultural/political contexts and literary traditions (rather than as exceptions or as individuals, or on a generic basis). The book highlights common themes in ethnic writing as well as specificities, and has extensive suggestions for further reading as well as a critical introduction regarding the concept of ‘ethnic writing’. No competing titles – there are no textbooks, no beginners’ books nor any systematised combination of ethnic fictions such as this – only edited collections on each area.

Introduction

Native American Fiction

1. Overview and antecedents

2. Native American fiction and recent theory

3. Three case studies

4. Investigating further

5. Short annotated bibliography

African American Fiction

6. Overview and antecedents

7. African American fiction and recent theory

8. Three case studies

9. Investigating further

10.Short annotated bibliography

Asian American fiction

11. Overview and antecedents

12. Asian American fiction and recent theory

13. Three case studies

14. Investigating further

15. Short annotated bibliography

Chicano/a fiction

16. Overview and antecedents

17. Chicano/a fiction and recent theory

18. Three case studies

19. Investigating further

20. Short annotated bibliography

Maria Lauret is Senior Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Sussex

Martin Padget is Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Helena Grice is Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Candida Hepworth was Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea

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Dimensions	8 × 1 × 5 in