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Asian American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of Asian descent. Since the 1970s, Asian American literature has grown from an emerging category to an established tradition [1] with numerous works becoming bestsellers [2] and winning mainstream awards, including the Pulitzer Prize [3] and the ...
Asian American feminism has roots in Third World feminism, which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, building upon decolonization, women's movements and movements for racial equality, and sought to create a US movement of Women of Color that transgressed nations and ethnicity. [9]
1.3 1960s, '70s - Asian Feminism Movement. 1. ... Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire is a book edited by ... In the late 1970s, the Asian feminism movement took a ...
This is a list of Asian American writers, authors, and poets who have Wikipedia pages. ... Elaine H. Kim, author of Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the ...
I Hotel is a 2010 novel by Japanese American writer Karen Tei Yamashita, published by Coffee House Press.A novel about Asian American movements in the seventies, it is named after the International Hotel, a historic residential hotel in San Francisco that housed predominantly Filipino Americans in the 20th century, which is the setting for several of the book's sections. [1]
In “The Legend of Auntie Po,” Shing Yin Khor uses watercolors and folklore to bring alive a late-19th century Sierra Nevada logging camp, where some of the
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature (3 vol. 2008) excerpt and text search; Japanese American National Museum. Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-To-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present (2nd ed. 2000) Kim, Hyung-Chan, ed. Dictionary of Asian American History (1986) 629pp; online edition
The Asian American Literature Festiva l is making a return, the Asian American Literature Festival Collective said in a statement. It will take place Sept. 14-22 — but without the Smithsonian's ...