This book examines the influence of genre on contemporary Asian American literary production. Drawing on cultural theories of representation, social theories of identity, and poststructuralist genre theory, this study shows how popular prose fictions have severely constrained the development of Asian American literary aesthetics. BETSY HUANG is Assistant Professor of English at Clark University, USA. INDICE: Introduction: 'Generic' Asian Americans - Generic Sui Generis: On Asian American Immigrant Fiction - Recriminations: On Asian American Crime Fiction - Future Orientations: On Asian American Science Fiction - Afterword: TheGenre is the Message
- ISBN: 978-0-230-10831-8
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido