Asian American women writers
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Women writers of English and their works
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: American literature -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism.; American literature -- Asian American authors -- Bio-bibliography..; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; American literature -- Women authors -- Bio-bibliography.; Asian American women -- Intellectual life.; Women and literature -- United States.; Asian American women in literature.; Asian Americans in literature.
Description: The writings of Asian-American women - whether born in America or transplanted from China, Japan, the Philippines, or India - have continued to reflect the complexities of their authors' cultural milieus, the stories set in places as disparate as Japanese internment camps in Arizona, flamboyant Manila under Marcos, and the Chinatowns of California. Likewise, these writings have continued to reflect the ambiguities of their authors' identities, the tensions of a female consciousness caught between cultures.

The very voices of these stories - from Wong's polite autobiographical "she" and Yamamoto's "double telling" to the "splinters" in Kingston's voice and Hagedorn's polyglot - tell of the richness of writing by Asian-American women thus far.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.