Author : Victor Bascara
Release : 2021
Genre : American literature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 948/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Asian American Literature in Transition, 1930-1965 by : Victor Bascara
Download or read book Asian American Literature in Transition, 1930-1965 written by Victor Bascara. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is devoted to Asian American Literature between 1930 to 1965, a period of immense social, historical, and cultural transformations that continue to shape the conditions of our world. From the Great Depression to the Second World War to the Civil Rights Movement to landmark immigrations reforms, Asian American literature provides unique and insightful perspectives on these historical developments, all while creatively engaging with globally-dispersed decolonization movements. Each chapter, written a by leading figures in their fields, demonstrates how Asian American writing affectingly reveals our complex world and its contested pasts. Case studies of major authors of this era show this as a time when the figure of the Asian American author became newly significant. This volume provides historical grounding, theoretical interventions, and nuanced textual analysis of Asian American literature in this period.