The Routledge companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander literature The Routledge Companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature offers a general introduction as well as a range of critical approaches to this important and expanding field. Divided into three sections the volume Introduces keywords connecting the theories themes and methodologies distinctive to Asian American Literature; addresses historical periods geographies and literary identities; looks at different genre form and interdisciplinarity. With 41 essays from scholars in the field this collection is a comprehensive guide to a significant area of literary study for students and teachers of Ethnic American Asian diasporic and Pacific Islander Literature