Beginning ethnic American literatures [Paperback]

Since the late 1960s, American literature has been revitalised by the work of writers such as Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston. An introduction to the study of ethnic American fictions organised into four sections, each written by a specialist in the fields of African American, Asian American, Chicano/a and native American literature. Writers are discussed in their cultural/political contexts and literary traditions (rather than as exceptions or as individuals, or on a generic basis). The book highlights common themes in ethnic writing as well as specificities, and has extensive suggestions for further reading as well as a critical introduction regarding the concept of 'ethnic writing'. No competing titles - there are no textbooks, no beginners' books nor any systematised combination of ethnic fictions such as this - only edited collections on each area.Maria Lauret is Senior Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Sussex. Martin Padget is Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Helena Grice is Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Candida Hepworth was Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Wales, SwanseaIntroduction
Native American Fiction
1. Overview and antecedents
2. Native American fiction and recent theory
3. Three case studies
4. Investigating further
5. Short annotated bibliography
African American Fiction
6. Overview and antecedents
7. African American fiction and recent theory
8. Three case studies
9. Investigating further
10.Short annotated bibliography
Asian American fiction
11. Overview and antecedents
12. Asian American fiction and recent theory
13. Three case studies
14. Investigating further
15. Short annotated bibliography
Chicano/a fiction
16. Overview and antecedents
17. Chicano/a fiction and recent theory
18. Three case studies
19. Investigating further