Contesting Genres in Contemporary Asian American Fiction

Huang, B.

This book examines the influence of genre on contemporary Asian American literary production. Drawing on cultural theories of representation, social theories of identity, and poststructuralist genre theory, this study shows how popular prose fictions have severely constrained the development of Asian American literary aesthetics.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-19

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349291090

DOI: 10.1057/9780230117327

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 184