Asian American Autobiographers
Subtitle: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: May 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780313314087
Subjects: Biography: general; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who); Literary reference works; Literary studies: general; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; Reference; USA; American - Asian American; American - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; American prose literature; Asian American authors; Autobiographical fiction, Amer; Autobiographical fiction, American; Bio-bibliography; Biography; Dictionaries
Description: "Asian Americans have made many significant contributions to industry, science, politics, and the arts. At the same time, they have made great sacrifices and endured enormous hardships. This reference examines autobiographies and memoirs written by Asian Americans in the 20th century. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 60 major autobiographers of Asian descent.

Each entry provides biographical information, a discussion of major autobiographical works and themes, a review of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume begins with an introductory overview of Asian American autobiography and closes with a selected, general bibliography of critical studies."--BOOK JACKET.