Negotiating Transformations
Subtitle: Ideology and Form in Post-World War II Asian American Literary Discourse
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Txt)
Published: February 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780195111170
Subjects: American - Asian American; Literary Criticism; American literature; Asian American authors; Asian Americans; History and criticism; Influence; Intellectual life; United States; World War, 1939-1945
Description: In Narrating Nationalisms, Jinqi Ling brings fresh perspectives to ongoing debates over the nature of Asian American literary production from the 1950s through 1980. He offers provocative interpretations of five formative texts demonstrating how these works contribute to the ongoing dialogue around progressive multicultural projects.

Ling's nuanced analysis richly complicates our understanding of these Asian American classics and provides a sound critical basis for evaluating subsequent Asian American literary writings.

Narrating Nationalisms synthesizes the literary discourse and critical debates within the field in a crucial period of post - World War II Asian American literary history, and specifies the components of "Asian American cultural nationalism" in ways that have not yet been attempted. This book will be compelling reading for those working in American literature, critical theory, cultural history, and ethnic studies.