Title Contesting genres in contemporary Asian American fiction / Betsy Huang

Edition 1st ed Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) Contents Generic sui generis : on Asian American immigrant fiction -- Recriminations : on Asian American crime fiction -- Reorientations : on Asian American science fiction Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism Asian Americans in literature. Fiction genres. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American fiction -- Asian American authors Asian Americans in literature Fiction genres Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230117327 0230117325 9781349291090 1349291099

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