Multicultural American literature : comparative Black, Native, Latino/a and Asian American fictions /

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by Lee, A. Robert,
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : University Press of Mississippi, (Jackson :) Physical details: 307 p. ; 24 cm. Subject(s): American literature --Minority authors --History and criticism. | International Baccalaureate | Minorities --United States --Intellectual life. | Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature. | Multiculturalism in literature. | Ethnic groups in literature. | Minorities in literature. | Ethnicity in literature. Year : 2003 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Colonel Gray High School IB 810.9 LEE Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Introduction: America and the Multicultural Word: Legacies, Maps, Vistas, Theory -- 1. Landmarks: Ellison, Momaday, Anaya, Kingston -- 2. Selves: Autobiography, Autoethnicity, Autofiction -- 3. Afro-America: Styling Modern and Contemporary Fictions -- 4. 'I Am Your Worst Nightmare: I Am an Indian with a Pen': Fictions of the Indian, Native Fictions -- 5. Chicanismo, La Raza, Aztlan: Fictions of Memory -- 6. Eat a Bowl of Tea: Fictions of America's Asia, Fictions of Asia's America -- 7. Sites: Indian Country, Asiatown, Black City, Barrio, Borderland, Migrancy -- 8. Island America: Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti -- 9. The Postmodern Turn: Metafiction, Playfield, Ventriloquy -- 10. Epilogue: Fictions of Whiteness.

"Multicultural American Literature covers the writing - in both fiction and autobiography - of Black, Native, Latino/a and Asian American authors including Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, Gerald Vizenor, Leslie Marmon Silko, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Maxine Hong Kingston and Jessica Hagedorn. Taking a cultural studies perspective. A Robert Lee recognises the context of politics and popular culture and draws on the visual as well as the literary spectrum."--BOOK JACKET.