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Ethnic American literature : an encyclopedia for students / Emmanuel S. Nelson, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, An imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]Description: xxiv, 570 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610698801 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810.9/920693 23
LOC classification:
  • R PS 153  E84 2015
Contents:
African American autobiography -- African American drama -- African American gay literature -- African American lesbian literature -- African American novel -- African American poetry -- African American science fiction -- African American slave narrative -- African American stereotypes -- African American young adult literature -- Alexie, Sherman Joseph, Jr. -- Alvarez, Julia -- American born Chinese -- Anaya, Rudolfo -- Angelou, Maya -- Arab American autobiography -- Arab American novel -- Arab American stereotypes -- Assimilation -- Autobiography of Malcolm X, The -- Baldwin, James -- Bambara, Toni Cade -- Beloved -- Bilingualism -- Black boy -- Blanco, Richard -- Blues, The -- Bluest eye, The -- Border narratives -- Brooks, Gwendolyn -- Canon -- Caribbean (anglophone) American autobiography -- Caribbean (anglophone) American novel -- Caribbean (anglophone) American poetry -- Chinese American autobiography -- Chinese American drama -- Chinese American novel -- Chinese American poetry -- Chinese American stereotypes -- Cisneros, Sandra -- Civil rights movement -- Cliff, Michelle -- Color purple, The -- Cooper, J. (Joan) California -- Cuban American autobiography -- Cuban American novel -- Cuban American poetry -- Culture clash -- Danticat, Edwidge -- Diaz, Junot -- Dominican American novel -- Dominican American poetry -- Douglass, Frederick -- Dove, Rita -- Down these mean streets -- Ellison, Ralph Waldo -- Erdrich, Louise -- Ethnicity -- Eurocentrism -- Filipino American novel -- Gaines, Ernest J. -- Galarza, Ernesto -- García, Cristina -- Haley, Alex -- Hansberry, Lorraine -- Harlem renaissance -- Hawai'i literature -- Hawaiian literature -- Hosseini, Khaled -- House on Mango Street, The -- Hughes, Langston -- Hurston, Zora Neale -- I know why the caged bird sings -- Identity -- Internment -- Invisible man -- Iranian American literature -- Islas, Arturo, Jr. -- Jacobs, Harriet -- Japanese American autobiography -- Japanese American novel -- Jasmine -- Jazz -- Jones, Edward P. -- Joy luck club, The -- Kincaid, Jamaica -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. -- Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Korean American literature -- Lahiri, Jhumpa -- Larsen, Nella -- Laviera, Tato -- Lee, Chang-rae -- Lesson before dying, A -- Lorde, Audre -- Marshall, Paule -- McBride, James -- Mexican American autobiography -- Mexican American children's literature -- Mexican American drama -- Mexican American gay literature -- Mexican American lesbian literature -- Mexican American poetry -- Mexican American stereotypes -- Momaday, Navarre Scott -- Moody, Anne -- Morrison Toni -- Mukherjee, Bharati -- Multiculturalism -- Native American autobiography -- Native American drama -- Native American novel -- Native American oral texts -- Native American poetry -- Native American stereotypes -- Naylor, Gloria -- Nuyorican -- Obama, Barack Hussein -- Okada, John -- Ortiz, Simon J. -- Ortiz Cofer, Judith -- Passing -- Pedagogy and U.S. ethnic literatures -- Piñero, Miguel -- Puerto Rican American autobiography -- Puerto Rican American drama -- Puerto Rican American gay literature -- Puerto Rican American lesbian literature -- Puerto Rican American novel -- Puerto Rican American poetry -- Puerto Rican stereotypes -- Race -- Racism -- Raisin in the sun, A -- Rechy, John -- Rivera, Tomás -- Rodriguez, Richard -- Signifying -- Silent dancing -- Silko, Leslie Marmon -- Song of Solomon -- South Asian American literature -- Spirituals -- Street, The -- Tan, Amy -- Their eyes were watching God -- Thomas, Pieri -- Trickster, African American -- Trickster, Native American -- Valdez, Luis -- Vietnamese American literature -- Villarreal, José Antonio -- Vizenor, Gerald -- Walker, Alice -- Way to Rainy Mountain, The -- Whiteness -- Wilson, August -- Wilson, Harriet E. -- Woman warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts, The -- Wright, Richard.
Summary: Unlike any other book of its kind, this volume celebrates published works from a broad range of American ethnic groups not often featured in the typical canon of literature.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-531) and index.

African American autobiography -- African American drama -- African American gay literature -- African American lesbian literature -- African American novel -- African American poetry -- African American science fiction -- African American slave narrative -- African American stereotypes -- African American young adult literature -- Alexie, Sherman Joseph, Jr. -- Alvarez, Julia -- American born Chinese -- Anaya, Rudolfo -- Angelou, Maya -- Arab American autobiography -- Arab American novel -- Arab American stereotypes -- Assimilation -- Autobiography of Malcolm X, The -- Baldwin, James -- Bambara, Toni Cade -- Beloved -- Bilingualism -- Black boy -- Blanco, Richard -- Blues, The -- Bluest eye, The -- Border narratives -- Brooks, Gwendolyn -- Canon -- Caribbean (anglophone) American autobiography -- Caribbean (anglophone) American novel -- Caribbean (anglophone) American poetry -- Chinese American autobiography -- Chinese American drama -- Chinese American novel -- Chinese American poetry -- Chinese American stereotypes -- Cisneros, Sandra -- Civil rights movement -- Cliff, Michelle -- Color purple, The -- Cooper, J. (Joan) California -- Cuban American autobiography -- Cuban American novel -- Cuban American poetry -- Culture clash -- Danticat, Edwidge -- Diaz, Junot -- Dominican American novel -- Dominican American poetry -- Douglass, Frederick -- Dove, Rita -- Down these mean streets -- Ellison, Ralph Waldo -- Erdrich, Louise -- Ethnicity -- Eurocentrism -- Filipino American novel -- Gaines, Ernest J. -- Galarza, Ernesto -- García, Cristina -- Haley, Alex -- Hansberry, Lorraine -- Harlem renaissance -- Hawai'i literature -- Hawaiian literature -- Hosseini, Khaled -- House on Mango Street, The -- Hughes, Langston -- Hurston, Zora Neale -- I know why the caged bird sings -- Identity -- Internment -- Invisible man -- Iranian American literature -- Islas, Arturo, Jr. -- Jacobs, Harriet -- Japanese American autobiography -- Japanese American novel -- Jasmine -- Jazz -- Jones, Edward P. -- Joy luck club, The -- Kincaid, Jamaica -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. -- Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Korean American literature -- Lahiri, Jhumpa -- Larsen, Nella -- Laviera, Tato -- Lee, Chang-rae -- Lesson before dying, A -- Lorde, Audre -- Marshall, Paule -- McBride, James -- Mexican American autobiography -- Mexican American children's literature -- Mexican American drama -- Mexican American gay literature -- Mexican American lesbian literature -- Mexican American poetry -- Mexican American stereotypes -- Momaday, Navarre Scott -- Moody, Anne -- Morrison Toni -- Mukherjee, Bharati -- Multiculturalism -- Native American autobiography -- Native American drama -- Native American novel -- Native American oral texts -- Native American poetry -- Native American stereotypes -- Naylor, Gloria -- Nuyorican -- Obama, Barack Hussein -- Okada, John -- Ortiz, Simon J. -- Ortiz Cofer, Judith -- Passing -- Pedagogy and U.S. ethnic literatures -- Piñero, Miguel -- Puerto Rican American autobiography -- Puerto Rican American drama -- Puerto Rican American gay literature -- Puerto Rican American lesbian literature -- Puerto Rican American novel -- Puerto Rican American poetry -- Puerto Rican stereotypes -- Race -- Racism -- Raisin in the sun, A -- Rechy, John -- Rivera, Tomás -- Rodriguez, Richard -- Signifying -- Silent dancing -- Silko, Leslie Marmon -- Song of Solomon -- South Asian American literature -- Spirituals -- Street, The -- Tan, Amy -- Their eyes were watching God -- Thomas, Pieri -- Trickster, African American -- Trickster, Native American -- Valdez, Luis -- Vietnamese American literature -- Villarreal, José Antonio -- Vizenor, Gerald -- Walker, Alice -- Way to Rainy Mountain, The -- Whiteness -- Wilson, August -- Wilson, Harriet E. -- Woman warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts, The -- Wright, Richard.

Unlike any other book of its kind, this volume celebrates published works from a broad range of American ethnic groups not often featured in the typical canon of literature.

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