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Bold Words: A Century of Asian American Writing by Rajini Srikanth: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2001-01-01
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN
- 9780813529660
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10
0813529662
ISBN-13
9780813529660
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1850558
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bold Words : a Century of Asian American Writing
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asia / Central Asia, American / Asian American, American / General
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
29 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
00-068346
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Bold Words is an ambitious attempt to sweep together, into an elegant volume, examples of the literature produced by Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian and South-east Asian Americans. The bookÆs reach extends beyond ethnic boundaries; it consciously erases the boundaries of gender and genre often observed by anthologies. The result is a richly varied . . . collection of stories, poems, drama and memoir, the multilingual voices echoing different corners of the world . . ., Bold Words is an ambitious collection of a wide range of works by Asian American authors. In contrast to the limited scope of previous compilations, this volume successfully reflects the incredible diversity of the Asian American experience in terms of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, mixed racial heritage, region and generation. . . . An anthology that would be equally useful in the classroom or for an individual who wishes to acquire broad knowledge of and exposure to Asian American literature over the past century. . . . Comprehensive, well organized and accessible, Bold Words would make a fine addition to any personal or library collection. The reader will encounter many familiar names, such as Carlos Bulosan, David Mura and Maxine Hong Kingston, as well as an exciting array of other talented authors whose work one will be happy to read., Srikanth and Iwanaga reframe the debate by shifting attention away from the ethnic and/or gender identities of the writers and onto the writing itself by arranging the text by genre. With the material grouped in this way, readers will attend to the contribution writers are making to the literary field rather than to their representation of any particular identity. . . . In doing so, they present a broader range of international heritages, including a strong showing of Indian, Arab, and Southeast Asian writing, areas heretofore mostly overlooked. . . . The text is rich with solid favorites and surprisingly good newcomers. Highly recommended.
Dewey Decimal
810.8/0895/0904
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Rajini Srikanth PART 1 MEMOIR PART 2 POETRY PART 3 FICTION PART 4 DRAMA Appendix 1: Themes and Topics Appendix 2: Ethnicity of Authors Glossary About the Contributors About the Editors Copyrights and Permissions Index of Authors and Titles
Synopsis
A century of Asian American writing has generated a forceful cascade of hold words. This anthology covers Asian American writing of all genres, sixty authors from the early years of the twentieth century to the present. Chinese, Fllipinoa, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Southeast Asian American writers are all well represented, with an equal split between male and female writers. The collection is divided into four genre sections, memoir, fiction, poetry, and drama. Each section opens with an introductory essay from an expert in that genre: Meena Alexander on memoir. Gary Pak on fiction, Eilcen Tablos on poetry, and Roberta Uno on drama. The selections depict the complex realities and wide range of experiences of Asians in the United States. They illuminate the writers' creative responses to such diverse issues as resistance, aesthetic craft, blculturalism, sexuality, gender relations, racism, war, diaspora, and family., A century of Asian American writing has generated a forceful cascade of "bold words." This anthology covers writings by Asian Americans in all genres, from the early twentieth century to the present., A century of Asian American writing has generated a forceful cascade of "bold words." This anthology covers writings by Asian Americans in all genres, from the early twentieth century to the present. Some sixty authors of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Southeast Asian American origin are represented, with an equal split between male and female writers. The collection is divided into four sections-memoir, fiction, poetry, and drama-prefaced by an introductory essay from a well-known practitioner of that genre: Meena Alexander on memoir, Gary Pak on fiction, Eileen Tabios on poetry, and Roberta Uno on drama. The selections depict the complex realities and wide range of experiences of Asians in the United States. They illuminate the writers' creative responses to issues as diverse as resistance, aesthetics, biculturalism, sexuality, gender relations, racism, war, diaspora, and family. Rajini Srikanth teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She is the coeditor of the award-winning anthology Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America and the collection A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America. Esther Y. Iwanaga teaches Asian American literature and literature-based writing courses at Wellesley College and the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
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PS508
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