Asian American literature

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American literature ethnic literature literary tradition

Asian American literature is a body of writing by authors of Asian descent in the United States that explores themes of identity, immigration, race, and cultural hybridity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Asian American literature canonical	11
Asian American literary movement	1
Asian American literature movement	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literature ⓘ ethnic literature ⓘ literary tradition ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalApproach	autobiographical writing ⓘ experimental narrative forms ⓘ magic realism ⓘ multivocal narration ⓘ
developedInPeriod	20th century ⓘ
ethnicFocus	Asian American ⓘ surface form: Asian Americans Chinese Americans ⓘ Filipino ⓘ surface form: Filipino Americans Indians ⓘ surface form: Indian Americans Japanese Americans ⓘ Koreans ⓘ surface form: Korean Americans Pacific Islanders ⓘ surface form: Pacific Islander Americans Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
gainedRecognitionIn	late 1960s ⓘ
influencedBy	Cold War politics in Asia ⓘ U.S. imperialism in Asia ⓘ Japanese American internment ⓘ surface form: World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans globalization ⓘ immigration law in the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ bilingual writing ⓘ
mainTheme	assimilation ⓘ belonging ⓘ cultural hybridity ⓘ diaspora ⓘ family ⓘ gender and sexuality ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ intergenerational conflict ⓘ labor and class ⓘ language and translation ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ model minority stereotype ⓘ race ⓘ racism ⓘ war and displacement ⓘ
notableAuthor	Amy Tan ⓘ Carlos Bulosan ⓘ Chang-rae Lee ⓘ David Henry Hwang ⓘ Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ Joy Kogawa ⓘ Karen Tei Yamashita ⓘ Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ Ocean Vuong ⓘ Theresa Hak Kyung Cha ⓘ
notableGenre	drama ⓘ memoir ⓘ novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ short story ⓘ
relatedField	Asian American studies ⓘ diaspora studies ⓘ ethnic studies ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ
relatedMovement	Asian American movement ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian American → associatedWith → Asian American literature ⓘ

Maxine Hong Kingston → movement → Asian American literature ⓘ

Maxine Ting Ting Hong → movement → Asian American literature ⓘ

China Men → literaryMovement → Asian American literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asian American literature movement

The Fifth Book of Peace → literaryMovement → Asian American literature ⓘ

Karen Tei Yamashita → movement → Asian American literature ⓘ

Ocean Vuong → movement → Asian American literature ⓘ

Amy Tan → movement → Asian American literature ⓘ

Monique Truong → movement → Asian American literature ⓘ

C. Y. Lee → influencedDomain → Asian American literature ⓘ

“The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains” → literaryMovement → Asian American literature ⓘ

subject surface form: The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains

“The Brother in Vietnam” → literaryMovement → Asian American literature ⓘ

subject surface form: The Brother in Vietnam

this entity surface form: Asian American literary movement

Wittman Ah Sing → associatedWith → Asian American literature ⓘ