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1	Joy Luck Club more books like this by Amy Tan When June's mother dies, she is invited to join a long-standing club of Chinese women who urge her not only to take her mother's place at the mah-jongg table, but also to carry the news of her mother's death to her step-sisters in China. Through the stories of the women and their daughters, the values of different generations are articulated. June ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Farewell to Manzanar more books like this by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp. This is the true story of one spirited Japanese American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention . . . and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories more books like this by Hisaye Yamamoto Classic short stories by a survivor of the US World War II concentration camps for Japanese Americans. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Why She Left Us more books like this by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto Moving through time, from the 1920's to the 1990's, and told from four different points of view, this novel tells the story of three generations of a Japanese-American family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America more books like this by Viet Thanh Nguyen In Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America, Viet Nguyen argues that Asian American intellectuals have idealized Asian America, ignoring its saturation with capitalist practices. This idealization of Asian America means that Asian American intellectuals can neither grapple with their culture's ideological diversity nor ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $13.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Maxine Hong Kingston's the Woman Warrior: A Casebook more books like this by Say-Ling Cynthia Wong (Editor), Sau-Ling Cynthia Wong This casebook present a thought-provoking overview of the critical, debates surrounding Kingston's The Woman Warrior, perhaps the best known contemporary Asian American literary work and reputedly the most widely read title in American universities today. The essays deal with the reception of the work by various interpretive communities, canon ... see all copies from $5.32! new only from $6.90! \| SVS
7	The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief more books like this by Anne Anlin Cheng In this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary study Anne Anlin Cheng argues that we have to understand racial grief not only as the result of racism but also as a foundation for racial identity. The Melancholy of Race proposes that racial identification is itself already a melancholic act--a social category that is imaginatively supported through a ... see all copies from $23.24! new only from $23.24! \| SVS
8	Asian American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology more books like this by Shawn Wong A historical overview introduces a selection of works by Hisaye Yamamoto, Bharati Mukherjee, Jessica Hagedorn, Cathy Song, Marilyn Chin, Woo Ping Chin, Yelina Hasu Houston, and others. see all copies from $4.55! new only from $29.95!
9	Aiiieeeee! : an anthology of Asian-American writers more books like this by Frank Chin see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
10	Immigrant Acts - PB more books like this by Lisa Lowe In "Immigrant Acts," Lisa Lowe argues that understanding Asian immigration to the United States is fundamental to understanding the racialized economic and political foundations of the nation. Lowe discusses the contradictions whereby Asians have been included in the workplaces and markets of the U.S. nation-state, yet, through exclusion laws and ... see all copies from $14.23! new only from $23.04! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women's Anthology more books like this by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim (Editor), Mayumi Tsutakawa (Editor), Margarita Donnelly (Editor) An anthology of writings by Asian American women that explores the multiplicity of experiences and concerns they face. With over 80 contributors, including Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Jessica Hagedorn, Merle Woo, and Mitsuye Yamada. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Bamboo Among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans more books like this by Mai Neng Moua (Editor) Of an estimated twelve million ethnic Hmong in the world, more than 200,000 live in the United States today, most of them refugees of the Vietnam War and the civil war in Laos. Their numbers make them one of the largest recent immigrant groups in our nation. Today, significant Hmong populations can be found in California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, ... see all copies from $8.38! new only from $9.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Words Matter: Conversations with Asian American Writers more books like this by King-Kok Cheung (Editor) Twenty Asian American writers comment on their own work and speak frankly about aesthetics, politics, and the challenges they have encountered in pursuing a writing career. see all copies from $7.96! new only from $7.96!
14 view cover	Unbroken Thread: An Anthology of Plays by Asian American Women more books like this by Roberta Uno "A valuable addition to the repertory of Asian American plays, this outstanding collection of six plays by Genny Lim, Wakako Yamauchi, Momoko Iko, Velina Hasu Houston, Jeannie Barroga, and Elizabeth Wong provides some of the most significant work to date from women in this group". -- Choice see all copies from $10.97! new only from $10.97! \| SVS
15 view cover	Living in America: Poetry and Fiction by South Asian American Writers more books like this by Roshni Rustomji-Kerns (Editor) The book includes both a historical introduction and one exploring South Asian literary traditions and the concept of the collection. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Literary Masters Maxine Hong Kingston more books like this by Gale Group (Contributions by), Deborah L Madsen "Gale Study Guides to Great Literature is a unique reference line composed of three series: "Literary Masters, Literary Masterpieces and "Literary Topics. Convenient, comprehensive and targeted toward current coursework, these guides place authors, titles and topics into context for high school and college students as well as general researchers. ... see all copies from $3.31! new only from $3.31!
17 view cover	A World Between: Poems, Stories, and Essays_by Iranian-Americans more books like this by Persis Karim (Editor), Mehdi M Khorrami (Editor) Poems, essays, and 15 stories, including work by Nahid Rachlin ("Search") and Farnoosh Moshiri ("The Bricklayer"). see all copies from $4.00! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Betrayal and Other Acts of Subversion: Feminism, Sexual Politics, Asian American Women's Literature more books like this by Leslie Bow Asian American women have long dealt with charges of betrayal within and beyond their communities. Images of their "disloyalty" pervade American culture, from the daughter who is branded a traitor to family for adopting American ways, to the war bride who immigrates in defiance of her countrymen, to a figure such as Yoko Ono, accused of breaking ... see all copies from $3.60! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Imagining the Nation: Asian American Literature and Cultural Consent more books like this by David Leiwei Li This book identifies the forces behind the explosive growth in Asian American literature. It charts its emergence and explores both the unique place of Asian Americans in American culture and what that place says about the way Americanness is defined. see all copies from $22.00! new only from $39.27! \| first editions
20 view cover	The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America more books like this by Rajini Srikanth This book grows out of the question, "What is South Asian American writing and what insights can it offer us about living in the world at this particular moment of tense geopolitics and inter-linked economies?" South Asian American literature, with its focus on the multiple geographies and histories of the global dispersal of South Asians, pulls ... see all copies from $13.39! new only from $21.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Asian Amer Literature PB more books like this by Elaine H Kim see all copies from $2.44! new only from $23.94! \| SVS
22	Under Western Eyes-P355537/2b more books like this by Garrett K Hongo (Editor) Using personal experience as a way of addressing difficult social and political issues, these contributors look to their own lives to assess how assimilation, generational differences, racism, language, family, and stereotypes affect their identities as Americans. Amy Tan, Li-Young Lee, David Mura and Chang-rae Lee are among the contributors. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Interethnic Companion to Asian American Literature more books like this by King-Kok Cheung (Editor) This book provides a survey of literature by North American writers of Asian descent, both by national origins (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Vietnamese) and by shared concerns. The volume is intended to serve as both a guide and a reference work for scholars, teachers, and students in Asian American studies, ethnic studies, ... see all copies from $4.70! new only from $24.30! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience more books like this by Meena Alexander Acclaimed South Asian American poet and novelist Meena Alexander unleashes a fury of prose and poetry to confront the stereotypes and explore the challenges facing postcolonial immigrants in America. Her project: "to make space for what was crossed out in the decorum of femininity, in the high places of classical hierarchy, in the racism of a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Fault Lines more books like this by Meena Alexander, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Preface by) Passionate, fierce, and lyrical, Meena Alexander's memoir traces her evolution as a postcolonial writer from a privileged childhood in India to a turbulent adolescence in the Sudan and then to England and New York City. In this tenth-anniversary edition of "Fault Lines," this Alexander challenges the assumptions of life as a South Asian American ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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